Motherboard
What is another name for the motherboard?
The Mainboard, Main Circuit Board, MB, MBoard, Backplane Board, Base Board, System Board, and the Mobo.
What is a nickname for the processor?
CPU (Central Processor, Central Processing Unit)
How big is the smallest transistor
2 nanometers
Another name for the graphics card is...
Video Card, Display Card, Graphics Adapter, VGA card, VGA, Video Adapter and the Display Adapter
Name two types of units of memory.
Bits, nibbles, bytes, kilo bytes, mega bytes, giga bytes, terabytes, peta bytes, exabytes, zetta bytes, yotta bytes.
True or false? The motherboard is the biggest component of a computer.
True.
What do you call the section that hold the processor on the motherboard?
The CPU
What does a transistor do?
It allows the computer to process information.
The graphics card is...
A special circuit board in the computer that controls what appears on the computer monitor.
what is the nickname for memory
RAM
How much would a cheap motherboard cost?
It can cost anywhere from $30-$70.
List all three things composed with the processor
The main memory, the control unit, and the arithmetic-logic unit.
True or false. The transistor has 3 wires coming out of it.
True.
A graphics card can last ..... before needing to be replaced.
10-12 months
1-3 year
4-6 years
5-8 years
A graphics card can last 5-8 years before needing to be replaced.
False
What decade was the motherboard created?
1980s
What does the CPU do?
The CPU guides the computer through it steps.
What was the first transistor made of?
Germanium
What is the most important part of the graphics card?
The GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) is the most important part of the graphics card.
What is the maximum capacity of the RAM on a chromebook?
6-8 gigabytes.
Name the two materials the motherboard contains.
Copper, fiberglass, or plastic.
When does your computer most use the CPU?
When playing games and using more than one tab.
There were three people who created the computer transistor. Name one.
Walter Brattain, John Bardeen, and William Shockley.
Name at least one material used in a graphics card.
Aluminum, Copper, Boron, Cobalt, Tungsten, Array of Chemicals, Titanium, Silicon
Who created the computer memory?
Fred Williams created the computer memory.