Internal
This generates a flow of air by use of rotating blades. This air is used to help cool the CPU.
What is a Cooling Fan?
Connects devices that input audio data and information.
What is an Audio-In Port?
This users uses their desktop at home.
What is a Home user?
An acronym for personal computer.
What is PC?
A small square or rectangular circuit board that connects to the motherboard.
What is a CPU?
Short for Universal Serial Bus port, a serial-port standard that connects up to 127 different devices through a single connector.
What is an USB Port?
This user needs a PC for travel.
What is a Mobile user?
A case containing the electronic components of the computer used to process data.
What is system unit?
This is encased in a metal jacket and installed in one of the internal bays in the computer.
What is a Hard Drive?
A serial port used to connect the monitor to the system unit.
What is a Monitor Port?
This user requires sophisticated financial software packages to use in their professional practice.
What is a Small-business/home-business user?
This thin, flat piece of circuit board directly or indirectly connects all other components and peripherals.
What is a Motherboard?
This is an integrated circuit printed on a special circuit board and inserted into a memory module slot.
What is memory module?
A port used to connect to the Internet and other networks using RJ-45 or Cat 5 cables. Typically used for cable modems, Ethernet, and local area network (LAN) connections.
What is a Network Port?
This user needs a Mainframe - a large, powerful computer or set of linked computers—at their company’s main headquarters.
What is a Enterprise user?
The most common way to store data for future use.
What is a Hard Drive?
This is a small ceramic or metal unit with fins that helps absorb heat from the CPU.
What is a Heat Sink?
Short for small computer system interface port, a parallel-interface standard used for connecting peripheral devices to the system unit.
What is a SCSI Port?
This user uses workstations connected to other workstations.
What is a Power user?
Which type of system unit would NOT be appropriate for doing schoolwork, personal finances, business applications, and access to the internet and e-mail for a home user or home office user?
What is a Smartphone?