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How users set up their computers and other equipment to minimize risk of injury or discomfort
What is ergonomics
I am data that has been organized in a meaningful fashion as a result or output to a user
What is information
I am devices that are external to the computer
What are peripheral devices
I am a special computer that can do complex calculations very quickly
Supercomputer
If my computer is not usable I can use this system utility to return the factory settings
What is Windows Reset
The language that computers understand
Binary Language
I am 1 billion bytes
A gigabyte
I am the software that runs the computer
What is an operating system
I am a computer that resides inside another machine such as your car
What is an embedded computer
Name a step in the CPU Machine Cycle
Fetch Decode Execute and Store
The length of this is 8 and is a combination of 1 and 0
Byte
I represent the largest unit of storage
What is application software
I am consider Non-Volatile storage
What is ROM
Name a 2 key components of the computer that you need to evaluate and determine if the computer meets your needs
CPU
RAM
Storage
Video and Graphics
Audio
I am consider the 'brains' of the computer
CPU
I am volatile storage
What is RAM
I am a hard drive that contain microprocessor chips so I won't fail too easily
What is a solid state drive or SSD
I am a system utility that tells you what computer programs are running and the performance of the CPU
What is the Task Manager
How do you determine how much RAM you need?
Research the amount of RAM each program you run uses and total the amounts
I am raw inputs coming from the user
What is data
I hold most of the internal electron components of the computer
What is a motherboard
This type of computer port is for High definition devices
What is a HDMI
I am a system utility that removes unused files to make more room on the hard drive
What is Disk Cleanup
I am the biggest power consumer of your smartphone
What is your display screen