It 240 Appendix F
Associate Level Material
Appendix F
Vocabulary Table
Define five of the key terms listed in the following table:
|Term |Definition |
|Windows | |
|Processor | |
|RAM |RAM is short for Random Access Memory and is a type of memory that is accessed |
| |randomly. This is the type of memory that most people are familiar with as it is|
| |the type that you can buy and upgrade/replace in a computer. You can consider it|
| |the main memory of a computer |
|ROM |ROM is short for Read Only Memory and is memory that cannot be modified in any |
| |way or even be deleted. It is a permanent form of memory that’s generally used |
| |to store instructions for the OS to communicate with the hardware |
|Drives | |
|Video systems | |
|Pointing devices | |
|Network card |
Appendix F
Vocabulary Table
Define five of the key terms listed in the following table:
|Term |Definition |
|Windows | |
|Processor | |
|RAM |RAM is short for Random Access Memory and is a type of memory that is accessed |
| |randomly. This is the type of memory that most people are familiar with as it is|
| |the type that you can buy and upgrade/replace in a computer. You can consider it|
| |the main memory of a computer |
|ROM |ROM is short for Read Only Memory and is memory that cannot be modified in any |
| |way or even be deleted. It is a permanent form of memory that’s generally used |
| |to store instructions for the OS to communicate with the hardware |
|Drives | |
|Video systems | |
|Pointing devices | |
|Network card |