Exam 5: The System Unit

_______ are effectively a thin slab that is almost all monitor with the system unit located behind the monitor.

The number of bits that can travel simultaneously down a bus is known as the bus _______.

Network interface cards (NIC) are connected through _______ slots on the motherboard.

_______ ports are a special type of port for connecting musical instruments to a sound card.

A 32-bit-word computer can access _______.

Graphics cards connect the system board to secondary storage.

This type of computer is a thin slab that is almost all monitor with the system unit located behind the monitor.

_______ buses connect the CPU to memory on the system board.

Which of the following ports is used for connecting musical instruments to a sound card?

Describe specialty ports including eSATA, HDMI, MIDI, MiniDP, and Thunderbolt.

The system board is also known as the _______.

A type of specialty processor devoted exclusively to protecting your privacy.

_______ operations consist of making comparisons.

Which of the following allows a computer to run two or more operations simultaneously?

Tiny circuit-boards etched onto squares of sand-like material, called silicon, are called _______.

MiniDP ports are an audiovisual port typically used to connect large monitors.

Pathways that support communication among the various electronic components on the system board are called _______.

All of the following are commonly used units of measurement to describe memory capacity, except _______.

These types of ports typically provide connections to specialized devices such as camcorders and storage devices.