2ND MONTHLY EXAM COMPUTER 3

The main piece of circuitry in a computer. Everything connects to or is wired to the motherboard.

• CPU
• Motherboard
• RAM
• Hard Drive

The computer’s brain or heart, the CPU is a computer’s main chip. The CPU is really nothing more than an incredibly fast and powerful calculator.

• RAM

• MOTHERBOARD

• CPU

• ROM

A computer’s temporary storage place, where it gets its work done. For example, when you use a word processor to type a letter, the letter is stored in the computer’s memory.

• Memory
• Cache
• Hard Drive
• CPU

A computer’s ROM-BIOS (stands for Read Only Memory – Basic Input/Output System) is a special chip with instructions for the computer to communicate with other hardware parts.

• ROM-BIOS

• RAM-BIOS

An _____________ lets you add more features and capabilities to a computer by plugging in expansion cards.

• Expansion slots .

• ROM-BIOS

The bus width determines how many _____ there are on a computer’s electronic highway.

• “lanes”

• "LINES"

Actually, the bus width isn’t measured in lanes, but in ____.

• BITE

• BITS

The ____ the bus, the more information can travel across it at the same time.

• WIDER

• SPACE

The___________ (ISA) is the original, slowest, and oldest type of bus. The ISA bus has a width of 16 bits and a speed of 8 MHz. The ISA bus is going the way of dinosaurs and is no longer found on new computers.

• Industry Standard Architecture

• Peripheral Component Interconnect

The_____________ (PCI) bus is the main bus found in newer computers.

• Peripheral Component Interconnect

• Industry Standard Architecture