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THIS COMPONENT OF THE COMPUTER TEMPORARILY STORES DATA UNTIL NEEDED
MEMORY
THIS IS WHERE YOU PLUG IN YOUR PERIPHERALS SUCH AS GRAPHICS CARDS, ETHERNET ADAPTERS ETC.
PCI EXPANSION SLOTS
PLASTIC BOX THAT STORES ALL THE COMPONENTS OF A DESKTOP COMPUTER
CASE
THE CENTRAL COMPONENT OF A COMPUTER, DOES THINGS AND HAS VERY LOW DATA STORAGE
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU)
TERM FOR ALL THE PHYSICAL DEVICES INSIDE YOUR COMPUTER
HARDWARE
TYPE OF MEMORY THAT CAN BE READ FROM, WRITTEN TO, AND ERASED OVER AND OVER AGAIN
RANDOM-ACCESS MEMORY (RAM)
A PERIPHERAL CARD THAT PLUGS INTO PCI EXPANSION SLOTS THAT ALLOWS A COMPUTER TO CONNECT TO A NETWORK
ETHERNET ADAPTER
SIMPLE AND COMPLEX
ARITHMETIC LOGIC UNIT (ALU)
NAME FOR THE PIECES OF SOFTWARE THE HUMAN USER LAUNCHES AND WORKS WITH DIRECTLY
APPLICATION PROGRAMS (APPS)
TYPE OF MEMORY THAT CAN EITHER BE WRITTEN TO ONLY ONCE, OR VERY INFREQUENTLY
READ-ONLY MEMORY (ROM)
PERIPHERAL CARD THAT ALLOWS A DESKTOP COMPUTER TO CONNECT TO A WiFi NETWORK
WIFI ADAPTER
MOTHERBOARD
TRUE OR FALSE: CPUs CAN POTENTIALLY HAVE MULTIPLE CORES
TRUE
LIKE THE CREAMY, "NOUGAT CENTER" OF THE OPERATING SYSTEM THAT CARRIES OUT OPERATIONS ON BEHALF OF APPLICATION PROGRAMS
KERNEL
MEMORY THAT DOES NOT STORE DATA WHEN THE ELECTRIC POWER IS SHUT OFF IS CALLED THIS
VOLATILE
HOT-PLUGGABLE
THE COMPLEX COMPONENTS OF A DESKTOP COMPUTER ALL DO THIS
DEAL WITH DATA
INTERNAL COMPONENT OF THE CPU THAT STORES TEMPORARY DATA FOR IMMEDIATE USE
REGISTERS
THE OPERATING SYSTEM KERNEL ASKS THIS COMPONENT TO READ FROM AND WRITE TO DISK, AND INTERFACE TO DEVICES
BASIC INPUT/OUTPUT SYSTEM (BIOS)
TRUE OR FALSE: THE TERMS "VOLATILE" AND "NON-VOLATILE" REFER TO WHETHER MEMORY IS READ-ONLY
FALSE
PLUGGED INTO A PCI EXPANSION SLOT; USED TO PROVIDE A DIAL-UP CONNECTION TO THE INTERNET
MODEM
THIS TYPE OF NON-REMOVABLE, NON-VOLATILE STORAGE IS WHERE YOU SAVE YOUR DATA FILES
HARD DRIVE
SMALL BACKUP AREA INSIDE THE CPU FOR EXTRA DATA
CACHE