Exam 2: A Closer Look at Hardware and Software

Anything (such as a program, letter, digital photograph, or song)stored on a storage medium is called a(n)file . _________________________

A(n)____________________ is an output device that sprays tiny drops of ink to produce images on paper.

A(n)DVD contains one or more flash memory chips, a controller chip, other electrical components, and metal contacts to connect it to the device or reader with which it is being used. _________________________

Formatting changes the actual content of a document. _________________________

A bit is the smallest unit of data a digital computer can recognize and is always represented by a 1.

A(n)____________________ is a device used to enter characters at the location on the screen marked by the insertion point or cursor.

Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions Case 2-1 Chloe is putting together a presentation in which she explains how printers work. Ink-jet printers form images by spraying tiny drops of liquid ink onto the page, ____ at a time.

____ consists of nonvolatile chips that permanently store data or programs.

Explain each of the following: internal hard drive, external hard drive, portable hard drive.

Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions Case 2-1 Chloe is putting together a presentation in which she explains how printers work. Which of the following is a true statement Chloe can make about ink-jet printers?

A kilobyte (KB)is equal to ____ bytes, but is usually thought of as approximately 1,000 bytes.

Explain what remote storage is, network storage is, and cloud storage or online storage is.

Optical discs are thin circular discs made out of a very strong plastic . _________________________

Unlike magnetic hard drive and optical storage systems, solid state drives have no moving parts. _________________________

A piece of hardware, such as a DVD drive, into which a storage medium is inserted to be read from or written to is called a(n)____________________ device.

As shown in the accompanying figure, a(n)____________________ is an input device that captures printed text and graphics and transfers them to a computer in digital form.

A digital camera is usually designated either as a still camera or a video camera.

____ hard drives are permanently located inside the system unit and are not designed to be removed, unless there is a problem with them.

A Core i7 processor running at ________ would be faster than a Core i7 running at 2.4 GHz.

Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions Case 2-1 Chloe is putting together a presentation in which she explains how printers work. Chloe learns in her research that maps, blueprints, advertising banners, and other large documents can be printed on ____ ink-jet printers.