Chapter 2 vocabulary

What is the main component of a computer system?

• Flash drive

• Motherboard

• Stylus

• Transformer

What is the unit of electric current?

• Voltage

• Resistance

• Ohm's Law

• Current

Which software is used for recognizing handwriting?

• Screen-magnifier software

• Speech-recognition software

• Handwriting-recognition software

• Character set

What is the brain of a computer called?

• Multicore processor

• Logic gate

• Transistors

• Object

Which type of memory is read-only?

• ASCII

• Compatibility

• Read-only memory (ROM)

• Boolean algebra

What is the measure of opposition to the flow of electric current?

• Voltage

• Resistance

• Transformer

• Algorithm

Which software is used to magnify the screen?

• Screen-magnifier software

• Speech-recognition software

• Handwriting-recognition software

• Compiler

Which software is used to convert human speech into text?

• Screen-magnifier software

• Speech-recognition software

• Handwriting-recognition software

• Interpreter

What is used to input data into a touchscreen device?

• Flash drive

• Motherboard

• Stylus

• Transformer

What is used to change the voltage of an electric current?

• Voltage

• Resistance

• Transformer

• Transistors