Exam 5: The System Unit

Integrated circuits typically are mounted on ________,which are then plugged into the system board.

When you reboot your system,the computer follows start-up instructions stored in this type of memory.

Laptops typically use ________ that are typically located outside the system unit.

ASCII supports languages such as Chinese and Japanese.

________ ports are audiovisual ports typically used to connect large monitors.

Which of the following is not a character encoding standard?

________ ports are the standard high-speed networking ports for many of today's computers.

All the following are commonly used units of measurement to describe memory capacity,except ________.

With this type of memory,large programs are divided into parts and the parts are stored on a secondary device,usually a hard disk.

________ allow computers to be connected without cables.

The ________,also known as the system chassis,is a container that houses most of the electronic components that make up a computer system.

Graphics cards connect the system board to secondary storage.

Compare and contrast the five most common types of system units.

On the motherboard,the connection points for chips are referred to as ________.

________ ports are a special type of port for connecting musical instruments to a sound card.

Frequently accessed information is held in ________.

For multicore processors to be used effectively,computers must understand how to divide tasks into parts that can be distributed across each core-an operation called ________.