Technology in Action 8th edition chapter 2 presentation

Chapter 2 quiz result
System unit: what contains the computer’s power source, the cd/dvd drive, and the hard drive?
RAM: what is the place where the programs and data the computer is currently used are stored?
CPU: what is sometimes referred to as the brain of the computers?
USB: what is now the most popular type of port used to connect input and output devices to the computers?
Motherboard: what contains the set of chips that powers the system, including the CPU, and also houses the chips that provide the short-term memory for the computers?
Byte: what can hold one character of data equal to eight bits?
GB: what represents approximately one billion bytes, or about 786432 pages of text?
Bit: what is each 0 and 1, or binary digit?
Binary language: what is the way computers process data into information?
TB: what represents a stack of typewritten pages almost 51 miles high?
LCD: which monitors are made of two or more sheets of material filled with liquid crystal solution?
Nonimpact printers: what devices spray ink or use laser beams to transfer marks onto the paper?
Resolution: what is measured in dots per inch (dpi), or the number of dots of ink in a one-inch line?
USB ports: what can connect a wide variety of peripherals to the computer, including keyboards, printers, mice, flash drives, and digital cameras?
Cathode ray tube: which monitors are big and boxy, and quickly becoming legacy technology?
Display screen: what displays text, graphics, and video as copies you can see only on the screen?
Qwerty: what is the standard English-language keyboard layout?
Function keys: what keys act as shortcut key for you press to perform special tasks?
Stylus: what is an input device that looks like a skinny pen but has no ink?
Legacy technology: what are computing devices or peripherals that use techniques, parts, and methods from an earlier time that are no longer popular?
Dvorak: what keyboard is a leader in alternative keyboard?
Laser printer: what printer uses static electricity to deliver toner (similar to ink) onto the correct areas of the page?
ROM: what type of memory holds all the instructions the computer needs to start?
FireWire: what are ports that provide even faster data transfer than USB ports?