DA 1st Quarter Exam Review

small programs that communicate with installed hardware devices

• device drivers

• firmware

• platform

• hard drive

controls how the device functions

• device drivers

• firmware

• platform

• hard drive

interface between the app and the operating system

• device drivers

• firmware

• platform

• hard drive

measurement used to measure frequency

• hertz

• bps

• byte

measurement used to measure capacity

• hertz

• bps

• byte

measurement used to measure bandwidth

• hertz

• bps

• byte

printed circuit board inside a computer

• system board

• processors

• input devices

• output devices

silicon chips inside a computer

• system board

• processors

• input devices

• output devices

silicon chip that performs calculations and logical operations in the computer

• system board

• microprocessor

• input devices

• output devices

central storage location inside a computer

• hard drive

• external drive

• flash drive

• memory cards