Computing Basics

what is a motherboard?

• designed to speed up the creation of images and output them o display device.

• a circuit board with ports and sockets used to connect the main devices of a computer.

• A drive that has a operating system.

• a fast type of computer memory which temporarily stores all the information.

what does RAM stand for?

• random actual member

• real act membrane

• random access memory

• ready account motherboard

what is a computer peripheral?

• an external device that provides input and output for the computer

• displays information in digital form

• it captures and reads barcodes

• a fancy kind of computer

what is a hard drive?

• enables the user to input data

• tactile sensor that translates motion

• captures a persons signature

• portable storage device

what is a projector?

• captures still or motion video

• allows user to talk and listen in a hands free manner

• reproduces computer images and produces them on to a screen

• captures audio.

what does NFC stand for?

• Near field communication

• New fancy computers

• Nancy found clues

• News for citizens

what is an application?

• software for a specific input or output

• a web browser

• a booting program

• A formal request to an authority for something.

What is artificial intelligence?

• can perform calculations in true parallel

• a branch of computer science dealing with the simulation of intelligent behavior in computers.

• most useful for solving complex math problems, not casually computing

• can perform trillions of math operations per second. traditional computers can only perform billions.

What does BIOS do?

• data storage device that uses magnetic storage

• a fast type or computer memory

• it finds the drive that has the operating system

• the core component of a device

What does CPU stand for?

• compression port network

• central processing unit

• computer program unified

• client process unity