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30 Cards in this Set
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Electrical switches are either ____ or ___
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on , off
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A motherboard is also known as a
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circuit board
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what do the flashing lines in the life size computer represent/do?
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the data bus connects various parts of the computer
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what part of the human is the CPU like?
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the heart
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what part of the hard drive reads the rotating disks
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the metal heads
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why not use RAM for everything? (two reasons)
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when you turn off power you lose all ram.
there isnt enough RAM to save everything |
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a video board (or video card) has its own
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memory
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when they show the video board and the three numbers being sent what do the numbers represent?
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RGB triplet
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what is the order that a hard drive reads one of its disk?
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head
track center |
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what translates a programming language into instructions the computer can understand?
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the compiler
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bus
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collection of wires through which data is transmitted from one part of the computer to another
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DSL
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refers collectively to all types of digital subscriber lines
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bit
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binary digit. smallest unit of information on a machine
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byte
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8 bits. a unit of storage capable of holding a single character
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CD-ROM
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compact disk read only memory. type of optical disk capable of storing large amounts of data.
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CD-R
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compact disk recordable
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CPU
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central processing unit. brains of the computer where calculations take place.
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DVD
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digital versatile disk. a type of optical disk technology used as medium for digital representation of movies and other multimedia. 4.7 gb
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memory
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external storage areas in the computer identifies data storage that comes in the form of chips
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USB
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universal serial bus. an external bus standard that supports data transfer rates of 12 mbps
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GUI
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graphical user interphase
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MB
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megabyte. million bytes
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modem
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modulator demodulator a device or program that enables a computer to transmit data over telephone or cable lines
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motherboard
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main circuit board of a micro computer contains connectors for attaching additional boards.
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wiki
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a collaborative web site comprises the perpetual collective work of many authors.
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RAM
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random access memory a type of computer memory that can be accessed randomly. working memory short term
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web 2.0
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second generation of world wide web that focuses on ability for people to collaborate and share info online
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gigabyte
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2 to the 30th power bytes. one gigabyte is equal to 1024 megabytes.
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blog
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web pages serves as a publicly accessible journal for an individual
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peripheral
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computer device such as a CDROM dive or printer that is not part of the essential computer. CPU, RAM, motherboard, are not.
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