Storage Devices

3. Power On Self Test a common term used to describe a component's pre boot sequence.
5. Secondary
7. Revolutions per minute- as applied to hard disk drives, it is a measurement of the frequency of a single rotation of the magnetic platters.
9. one million
10. Solid State drive a drive that stores data on a microchip and doesn't have moving parts. Many newer SSD drives use flash memory.
12. Where all the components of the computer are
14. basic input or output system the lowest level of the configuration information required for communication between system components.
15. Serial Advanced technology attachment-an interface design used to connect hard disk drives to other compatible components to a system.
16. Electrostatic discharge- a sudden release of built up electrical charge
17. A collection of 8 bits, creating a larger unit of information within the computer.
18. Video Graphics Array Connector-a 15 pin video connector

1. A characteristic that enable a component to be removed and add without shutting down a computer.
2. central processing unit-computer component responsible for executing all instructions also called the microprocessor or simply processor.
4. Integrated Drive Electronics-used to connect the hard drive to the motherboard
6. Hard Disk Drive a device that uses mechanical heads to read and write data to magnetic platters.
8. Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment
11. small computer system interface-is a set of standards that provides interface connectivity for device, including storage devices, printers, and scanners.
12. Primary
13. A standard interface design used for connecting external SATA compatible storage device to the system.
17. This is the smallest unit for reading and recording information within a computer. It is represented as a value of 0 or 1.