Exam 2: A Closer Look at Hardware and Software

As shown in the accompanying figure, the CPU, also called the ____ when talking about personal computers, does the vast majority of the processing for a computer.

____________________ are output devices that provide audio output for computer ganes, music, video clips and TV shows, videoconferencing, and other applications.

A CPU that contains four separate processing cores is called a(n)____________________ CPU.

A(n)____________________ is a hardware device that produces output.

The menu bar appears at the top of many windows and contains text-based lists (menus), which provide access to commands that can be selected to perform actions in that program. _________________________

Optical drives are hard drives that use flash memory instead of spinning hard disk platters and magnetic technology. _________________________

Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions Case 2-1 Chloe is putting together a presentation in which she explains how printers work. Chloe learns that both laser and ink-jet printers can print on ____.

Registers are used by a CPU to temporarily store data and intermediary results during processing.

Display devices today are typically color displays, which form colors by mixing combinations of four colors-red, green, blue, and white.

____ storage is increasingly being used for backup purposes.

Dual-layer recordable DVDs are referred to as ____.

The graphics processing unit (GPU)is always a stand-alone chip that is separate from the CPU package.

In the accompanying figure, a single ____ spirals from the center of the disc outward.

In the accompanying figure, the areas of the disc (on the left)shown in red-orange represent ____.

A barcode is a(n)____ code that represents data with bars of varying widths or heights.

A(n)server adapter, also called a network interface card (NIC)when it is in the form of an expansion card, is used to connect a computer to a network. _________________________

To reopen a document at a later time, you use the file command. _________________________

Some keys on a keyboard, like the Caps Lock and Number Lock keys, are ____ keys, which are pressed once to turn the feature on and again to turn the feature off.

Flash memory storage systems represent data using electrons.

As shown in the accompanying figure, the main circuit board of a computer, located inside the system unit, to which all computer system components connect, is called the ____________________.