Peripheral Devices
This device is used to visually display output from the computer.
What is a Monitor?
This type of network connects computers and devices for communication and resource sharing.
What is a Computer Network?
Registers are located inside this key part of the computer.
What is the CPU?
Small, fast storage units inside the CPU are called __.
What are Registers?
This is the primary volatile memory used by computers for temporary data storage.
What is RAM?
Keyboards and mice fall under this type of peripheral device.
What are Input Devices?
This network type allows users to communicate and share online (e.g., Facebook, Twitter).
What is a Social Network?
This register keeps track of the next instruction to be executed.
What is the Program Counter (PC)?
This unit controls the fetching, decoding, and executing of instructions.
What is the Control Unit (CU)?
This non-volatile memory stores firmware and system instructions.
What is ROM?
This device stores digital data and can be portable, such as a USB flash drive.
What is a Storage Device?
Networks that transmit data via electromagnetic or optical signals are called __ networks.
What are Telecommunication Networks?
This register holds the currently executing instruction.
What is the Instruction Register (IR)?
This unit performs calculations like addition and logic functions like AND
What is the ALU (Arithmetic Logic Unit)?
This type of storage drive is known for speed and no moving parts.
What is a Solid State Drive (SSD)?
This output device translates digital signals into sound.
What are Speakers/Headphones?
Artificial neurons and pattern recognition are key to this type of machine learning network.
What is a Neural Network?
This register manages function calls and local variables through stack storage.
What is the Stack Pointer (SP)?
The CPU’s operation speed is measured in this unit.
What is Hertz (Hz)?
This type of memory is faster than RAM and stores frequently accessed data for the CPU.
What is Cache Memory?
Peripherals allow users to interact with computers and access data—this term describes their role in the system.
What is Auxiliary Hardware?
Networks enable this kind of data exchange between devices.
What is Communication or Data Transmission?
These registers handle floating-point operations and complex numerical tasks.
What are Floating-Point Registers?
This unit synchronizes all CPU operations, ensuring proper timing.
What is the Clock/Clock Speed?
Devices like HDDs, SSDs, and USB drives fall under this storage category.
What is Secondary Storage?