CGS 2060 (Hardware)

Founded in 1968, this is the world's largest manufacture of processors.

Intel

Memory located directly on the processor itself

L1 cache

Memory located next to the processor

L3 cache

A type of computer drive that writes and reads data using lasers is called a ______.

Optical drive

The Apple iPod, Amazon Kindle, Google Chromecast, and Apple TV are examples of ________ Media Players

Personal

Wifi uses the 802.11 _______ -2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz radio waves.

Protocol

The rotating disc in an optical drive is read with a laser beam within the optical drive's read/_____ head.

write

List some common types of servers?

- File Server - Web Server - Network Server

What are the reasons you might purchase a tablet computer rather than a laptop.

- You need a highly mobile computer that works well for reading e-books or Netflix - You need a computer that you can use while walking

What are the 4 basic functions of a computer?

1. Accept data input 2. Process data into information 3. Present Output 4. Provide Storage

The machine cycle consists how what four steps?

1. Fetch 2. Decode 3. Execute 4. Store

Founded in 1969, this company's technology is featured inside every major next-generation gaming console and home entertainment

AMD

A short-distance wireless communication technology ________ uses relatively short-wavelength radio waves to transfer data between devices like phones, speakers, and headphones.

Bluetooth

A channel over which information flows inside a computer.

Bus

The amount of data that can be transmitted at a given time.

Bus Width

Screen size is measured by the ______________.

Diagonal distance between the upper right and lower left corners of the screen.

Memory used to increase a hard drive's efficiency

Disk cache

The ability of hardware or software to work with data and information produced by older products or software is called ________ or backward compatibility.

Downward

Memory, such as RAM or cache, is ___________ and has no moving parts

Electronic (solid state)

True or False. Memory, such as a computers RAM, stores information after a computer has been shut down.

False

Typical SSD capacities for tablet computers or smartphones are measured in ________.

Gigabytes

Equal to one billion cycles (instructions) per second.

Gigahertz

Equals one cycle (instruction) per second.

Hertz

A TV remote usually uses ________ radio waves.

IR (infrared)

What is the correct abbreviation for Megahertz?

MHz

Equal to one million cycles (instructions) per second.

Megahertz

The system unit of a computer is that part that houses the computers main circuit board. This circuit board, which holds the CPU, is called the ________.

Motherboard

Two or more complete processors residing on the same chip and can execute two or more sets of instructions at a time is called a _____-core processor.

Multi

Founded in 1993, produces popular mobile device processors.

Nvidia