Computer Hardware Basics

ROM –is a type of memory which means______? 

• Ready Only Memory
• Read Only Memory
• Read One Memory 
• Ready One Memory 

SATA cable

• connects the hard drive to the motherboard

• connects the power supply to the motherboard

• connects the CPU fan to the heat sink

• connects the hard drive to the CPU

What does the heatsink do?

• takes heat from the motherboard

• absorbs heat from the cpu

• blows heat away from the cpu

• stays cool so that the cpu can

My friend Joe wants to add another hard drive to his computer. What should he check to make sure his system will support it?

• CPU

• RAM

• Expansion slots

• PSU

this is the physical, touchable, electronic and mechanical parts of a computer system

• Hardware
• software
• people ware 
• anywhere

circuit

• any cable that connects two components

• cables that run from the power supply to the components to transmit electricity

• path between two or more points along which an electrical current can transmit data.

• a copper wire that conducts electricity

How many bits in a byte?

• 8

• 14

• 72

• 16

a type of memory that is non-volatile, meaning it holds data even when the power is ON or OFF. 

• ROM
• RAM
• ROAM
• RAO

Which component of a computer connects all the other components together?

• processor

• hard drive

• RAM

• motherboard

what hardware component is in the picture?

• power supply unit
• central processing unit
• motherboard
• system unit