Concepts Check 3.2 Matching

OLED (Organic Light-emitting Diode) monitor

A display technology that projects light through an electroluminescent (a blue/red/green-emitting) thin film layer made of up of organic materials.

SED

A display technology that uses nanoscopic electron emitters (extremely tiny wires smaller than human hairs) to send electrons that illuminate a thin screen.

Flash Drive

A drive that uses flash memory to store, read, and write data.

SSD

A flash-based replacement for an internal hard disk.

IrDA (Infrared Data Association)

A port that allows you to transfer data from one device to another using infrared light waves

LCD (liquid crystal display)

A thin, flat type of monitor.

Optical Drive

An optoelectronic device that detects changes in light caused by the irregularities on a disc's surface.

ROM

Permanent, or nonvolatile, memory of a computer.

RAM

Temporary or volatile memory.

System Unit

The main part of the computer CPU including the motherboard, processor, and ports.