Chapter 1 Core Hardware
This device converts 110V to 220 VAC
What is a power supply?
Page 45
This type of display device has an electronic gun shooting a beam of electronics.
What is a CRT?
Page 83
GUI
Graphical User Interface
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.msi
What is a Microsoft Installation file?
Page 188
POTS
What is plain old telephone system?
Page 252
This device converts digital signals from a computer into analog signals that can be transmitted over phone lines and back again.
What is a modem?
Page 44
This video connector is very popular in the home theater market today.
What is HDMI?
Page 69
Central part of the operating system
What is the Kernel?
Page 122
Databases use these function to find specific information you need.
What is a query?
Page 193
GSM
What is Global System for Mobile Communications?
Page 259
This is the "brain" of any computer
What is the CPU?
Page 8
Unique printer that does not use ink but a special heat sensitive paper.
What is a thermal printer?
Page 78
Name the 4 types of work station operating systems?
What are Linux, Mac OS, Windows, and Chrome OS?
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What is a portable network graphics?
Page 199
255.255.255.0
What is a subnet mask?
Page 273
DDR2 and DDR3 are types of this.
What is RAM?
Page 9
Name a mobile media player
What is Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire Stick, Google Chromecast, Playstation 4 or Slingbox?
Page 100
Hot keys for switching between applications.
What are Alt+Tab?
Page 165
Grouping of different "Bad programs"
What is malware?
Page 205
Set of rules that govern communication
What is a protocol?
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A type of expansion slot that is 3 inches long and classically white.
What is PCI?
Page 11
Replaced floppy drives in computers.
What is a flash drive?
Page 95
Size, security, location, created, modified, accessed
What is metadata?
Page 159
.7z
What is a compression file generated by the 7-Zip program?
Page 215
WPAN or PAN
What are Personal Area Network for bluetooth?
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