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PC Basics
Internal Components
Ports & Cables
Input/output Devices
System Resources
100
Any physical device of a computer is called this.
What is Hardware?
100
This type of memory retains its contents even when the computer is powered down.
What is ROM?
100
The maximum length of a serial cable
What is 50 feet?
100
The two most commonly used input devices
What are a keyboard and mouse?
100
A request from a device for communication with the CPU.
What is an IRQ (Interrupt Request)?
200
The device that converts AC power to DC power.
What is the power supply?
200
This type of dynamic RAM is timed to work with the memory bus.
What is SDRAM (synchronized dynamic RAM)?
200
The types of connectors for IEEE 1394a and IEEE 1394b
What are 6-pin or 4-pin for 1394a and 9-pin for 1394b?
200
This input device digitizes an image or document.
What is a scanner?
200
The number of IRQ channels most computers have today.
What is 16?
300
The size and shape of motherboards of computer cases.
What is a form factor?
300
Cache uses this type of memory to store data frequently needed by the CPU.
What is SRAM (static random access memory)?
300
The transmission rates of USB.
What are 1.5 Mbps & 12 Mbps for USB 1.1 and 480 Mbps for USB 2.0?
300
Two output devices for sound
What are speakers and headphones?
300
A unique hexadecimal memory address that's associated with a specific device on a computer.
What is an I/O (Input/Output) port address?
400
These are the four basic units of electricity.
What are voltage, current, power, and resistance?
400
These beige coloured expansion slots are the standard slot in most PCs
What are PCI slots?
400
This port is used to connect analog Monitors
What is VGA?
400
Output devices that employs the use of polarizing filters with a liquid solution between them.
What is an LCD monitor?
400
Channels used by high-speed devices to communicate directly with memory (bypassing the CPU).
What are DMA channels?
500
This electronics component holds charge.
What is a capacitor?
500
The optical media with a data storage capacity of approximately 700 MB
What is a CD?
500
Its port can transmit 8 bits at a time and its cable can be a maximum of 15 feet.
What is parallel?
500
Device that displays images by moving red, green, and blue electron beams across a phosphorus-coated screen.
What is a CRT monitor?
500
The number of DMA channels in modern computers.
What is 8?