Hardware Definitions

What does USB stand for?

• Universal Standard Bus

• Universal Serial Bus

An external serial bus interface standard for connecting peripheral devices to a computer?

• NIC

• USB

What is a computer circuit board or card that is installed in a computer so that it can be connected to a network?

• network interface card

• hard drive

What does NIC stand for?

• Network Interface Card

• Network Information Card

What is a printed circuit board containing the principal components of a computer or other device?

• Operating system

• Motherboard

Device that can be slotted into a computer to allow the use of audio components for multimedia applications?

• video card

• sound card

What is a high-capacity, self-contained storage device?

• Hard drive

• Network Interface Card

What is a printed circuit board controlling output to a display screen?

• sound card

• video card

What is a hardware device that allows information to be stored temporarily and retrieved on a computer

• ROM

• RAM

It is a component that supplies power to at least one electric load

• power supply

• Ethernet connection