ch 7 computer hardware

jorge wants to check the hard drive capacity of his windows 10 laptop. place the following steps in order with the first step at the top

1. open the start menu 2. open the settings menu 3. open the system menu 4. click storage

hard drive _______ is the amount of storage you have available to save data and information

capacity

which of the following computers might contain traditional (magnetic) hard drive?

dell desktop computer

memory, such as RAM or cache, is ________ and has no moving parts

electronic (solid state) this allows it to provide data at a relatively high speeds

match the correct process of the machine cycle to the appropriate definition

fetch- an instruction is obtained from memory decode-the instructions are converted into something the computer can understand execute-the process completes the instruction store-the results are placed in memory before the next instruction is exectuted

as you use ypur hard drive new files will be deleted and added. this can create a slower, __________ hard drive

fragmented

look at the image. then answer the question below

is the device a laptop computer no the device runs a smaller version of OS can you upgrade the hardware of these devices? no are these devices as powerful as most laptops and desktops produced today? no

match the following characteristics of a tablet computer

tablet computer: touchscreen is primary input highly portable smaller OS (usually) not a feature of a tablet computer: includes a terabyte (TB) or more of storage most allow you to upgrade RAM

identify the 3 external storage devices

usb drive external hard drive optical (dvd) drive