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- 3. What device combines headphones and a microphone?
- 5. What flat pointing device is commonly built into a laptop?
- 7. What small portable storage device connects to a USB port?
- 11. What connection is commonly used to send digital video and audio from a computer to a monitor?
- 12. What component is considered the main processor or brain of the computer?
- 13. What enclosure holds and protects the internal computer components?
- 14. What connection is commonly used for internal hard drives and some SSDs?
- 15. What input device captures sound?
- 16. What is the end of a cable that plugs into a port or component?
- 22. What technology allows a computer to connect to a network wirelessly?
- 23. What main circuit board connects the computer's components together?
- 26. What abbreviation is commonly used for a computer's power supply unit?
- 27. What output devices produce sound from a computer?
- 30. What device captures video for a computer?
- 32. What motherboard connection holds a RAM module?
- 33. What is used to physically connect computer components or devices?
- 34. What metal component draws heat away from a processor?
- 36. What output device produces a physical copy of digital information?
- 37. What component processes audio input and output?
- 40. What component moves air through the computer to help keep it cool?
- 41. What short-range wireless technology connects devices such as headphones keyboards and mice?
- 43. What input device contains keys used to type and enter commands?
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- 1. What component provides portable electrical power to a laptop?
- 2. What component processes graphics images and video?
- 4. What wired connection is commonly used to connect a computer to a network?
- 6. What type of storage drive uses spinning magnetic disks?
- 8. What circuit board can be added to a computer to provide additional capabilities?
- 9. What type of fast storage drive uses flash memory and has no moving parts?
- 10. What input device converts physical documents or pictures into digital files?
- 12. What component helps prevent the CPU from overheating?
- 17. What motherboard component helps manage communication between different computer components?
- 18. What type of temporary memory stores information the computer is currently using?
- 19. What part of the motherboard physically holds the CPU?
- 20. What component provides electrical power to the computer's internal components?
- 21. What button is pressed to turn a computer on?
- 24. What device reads or writes CDs DVDs or other optical discs?
- 25. What connection carries digital video and audio to a monitor or television?
- 28. What connection allows an external device or cable to connect to a computer?
- 29. What connector on a motherboard allows an expansion card to be installed?
- 31. What pointing device is used to move the cursor and select items?
- 35. What expansion card contains a GPU and produces images for the display?
- 38. What device supplies power to a laptop and charges its battery?
- 39. What output device displays images text and video from a computer?
- 41. What firmware helps initialize computer hardware when the computer starts?
- 42. What common connection is used for keyboards mice flash drives and many other devices?