Module 2 Key Terms Crossword

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  1. 1. A DEVICE USED TO STORE FREQUENTLY ACCESSED DATA AND HAVE IT READILY AVAILABLE TO INCREASE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE COMPUTER
  2. 3. AN AUDIO/VIDEO INTERFACE THAT IS USED TO TRANSMIT HIGH-DEFINITION AUDIO AND VIDEO DATA FROM ONE DEVICE TO ANOTHER USING A SINGLE CABLE
  3. 6. (USB) A DATA TRANSFER DEVICE THAT IS OFTEN USED TO CONNECT PERIPHERALS OR TRANSFER DATA
  4. 10. THE FLOW OF ELECTICAL CURRENT THAT OPERATES IN TWO DIRECTIONS AT ANY GIVEN TIME
  5. 12. THE NEWER PCI INTERFACE IS USED FOR CONNECTING HIGH-SPEED EXPANSION CARDS - COMES IN DIFFERENT PHYSICAL SIZES: X1, X4, X8, X16, X32 TO DESCRIBE THE NUMBER OF BUS LANES
  6. 14. A COMPUTER PROGRAM OR DEVICE THAT PROVIDES A SERVICE TO ANOTHER COMPUTER PROGRAM AND ITS USER
  7. 17. AN EXTERNAL DEVICE USED TO SEND DATA AND PROVIDE INPUT/OUTPUT FOR A COMPUTER
  8. 18. ALLOWS COMMUNICATION BETWEEN APPLICAITONS OR SOFTWARE BY RECEIVING REQUESTS AND SENDING RESPONSES
  9. 20. A SOCKET FOUND ON THE MOTHERBOARD WHERE AN EXPANSION CARD CAN BE INSERTED
  10. 21. THE FLOW OF AN ELECTICAL CURRENT THAT OPERATES IN ONE DIRECTION
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  1. 1. AKA MAINBOARD, SYSTEM BOARD, MAIN CIRCUIT BOARD, LOGIC BOARD, IT IS A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD THAT IS DESIGNED TO COMMUNICATE WITH ALL OF THE COMPUTER'S INTERNAL COMPONENTS
  2. 2. THE MEASUREMENT OF THE ELECTRIC CURRENT'S FORCE OR PRESSURE
  3. 4. SOFTWARE THAT SUPPORTS A COMPUTER'S BASIC FUNCTIONS
  4. 5. ALSO KNOWN AS RAM, DIMM IS A COMPUTER MEMORY MODULE MADE UP OF A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD WITH MEMORY CHIPS THAT ALLOW FOR FAST DATA TRANSFER
  5. 7. A BASE 2 NUMBER SYSTEM COMPOSED OF ONES AND ZEROS
  6. 8. THE ESSENTIAL FOUNDATION OF A COMPUTER'S OPERATING SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES BASIC SERVICES FRO ALL OTHER PARTS OF THE OS
  7. 9. AN ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENT OF POWER
  8. 11. AN OPEN-SOURCE OS THAT IS COMPLETELY FREE FOR ANY USERS WHO WANT TO INSTALL IT; MAINLY USED ON SERVERS
  9. 12. A DEVICE THAT CONVERTS ELECTRIC CURRENT AND SUPPLIES POWER TO AN ELECTRICAL LOAD
  10. 13. THE PHYSICAL COMPONENTS THAT A COMPUTER SYSTEM REQUIRES TO FUNCTION
  11. 15. THE POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT BETWEEN TWO POINTS
  12. 16. AN INTERFACE SIMILAR TO HDMI BUT OFFERS MUCH HIGHER PERFORMANCE AND SUPPORTS SOME NEW FEATURES NOT FOUND ON THE HDMI INTERFACE
  13. 19. A STANDARD CONNECTION CRESATED BY THE DDWG THAT SUPPORTS DIGITAL AND ANALOG DISPLAYS