2.3 Key Terms

2. A newer audio/video connector used in newer computers.
5. A component that can store an electrical charge.
7. A type of filter that allows certain polarized light waves to pass through and can block other types of polarized light.
9. The amount of space occupied by an object.
10. A short-distance wireless technology used to interconnect a multitude of different devices.
11. Wireless networking technology providing wireless network access to computers.
12. A measurement used to rate the frequency or the speed of a microprocessor. The measurement is equal to 1,000 kilohertz, or 1,000,000 hertz.

1. Measuring at roughly 9.6” x 9.6” long, the microATX was designed to reduce the overall system cost.
3. Small bits of data found within the CPU.
4. Roughly half the size of SO-DIMM, primarily used in notebook computers.
6. The physical or logical unit which can independently process all computational functions.
8. The smallest unit of measurement used to quantify computer data.