Computer Hardware Choice1 Choice 2 Choice 3 Choice 4 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 What is a Monitor? An electronic visual display screen that displays the data that is processed by the computer. Row 1, Col 1 What is a graphics card? An expansion card which generates a feed of output images to a display. 1,2 What is a tower? serves as the protector of all the internal components of the computer such as the motherboard, CPU, power supply and various drives. 1,3 What is a CPU? the central part of the computer through which data is transmitted. The brain of the computer.. 1,4 What is a sound card? A device that can be slotted into a computer to allow the use of audio components for multimedia applications. 2,1 What is a hard drive? A high-capacity, self-contained storage device containing a read-write mechanism plus one or more hard disks, inside a sealed unit. . 2,2 What is Random Access Memory (RAM)? the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on. 2,3 What is a motherboard? a printed circuit board which holds many of the crucial components of the computer system including the CPU. 2,4 What is Read Only Memory (ROM)? memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed. 3,1 What is a power supply? a device that supplies electrical energy to one or more electric loads. 3,2 What is an Operating System? The software that supports a computer's basic functions, 3,3 What is a Host? the main computer that is connected to a computer network. 3,4 What is an Ethernet Cable? A cable that connects a modem to the ethernet card. Also used in networks 4,1 What is a nested folder? A folder within a folder. 4,2 What is a guest? an account that is used when you do not have an actual user account on the computer. This type of account is usually used for temporary access and user may not have full privileges of the network. 4,3 What is a Local Area Connection (LAN)? A local computer network for communication between computers; especially a network connecting computers, word processors, and other electronic office equipment to create a communication system between offices. 4,4 What is a client? a system or application which receives services from a server. 5,1 What is a server? a physical computer hardware system dedicated to running one or more services as a host to serve the needs of other users on the network. 5,2 What is a Wide Area Network (WAN)? a computer network that spans a wider area than does a local area network 5,3 What is a folder? A virtual container within a digital file system, in which groups of computer files and other folders can be kept and organized. 5,4