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4. Row 1, Col 1 A data management device intended for personal use. What is the definition of a personal computer?

5. 1,2 Central Processing Unit What unit processes all computer tasks?

6. 1,3 Energy from the sun. What type of power supply is a great choice along the equator?

7. 1,4 Supercomputers What are the largest and fastest computers in the world?

8. 2,1 Because they’re durable. Why are hard drives called “hard” drives?

9. 2,2 Not a fatherpanel, but a _____ What is a motherboard?

10. 2,3 Key components of a personal computer are a CPU, _____, motherboard, monitor, memory, ______, and hard drive. What are a keyboard and a power supply?

11. 2,4 A CD drive and a mouse are examples of _______ devices that you can plug into a computer. What is peripheral?

12. 3,1 $400 to $1,200 What is the typical cost for a personal computer?

13. 3,2 One million cycles per second. What is a megahertz?

14. 3,3 This input device uses an electronic eye to “enter” data into a computer. What is a laser or optical scanner?

15. 3,4 640 ________ by 480 _______ What are pixels?

16. 4,1 The three most common types of printers. What are dot matrix, inkjet, and laser printers?

17. 4,2 This type of printer usually provides the best print quality. What is a laser printer?

18. 4,3 This type of printer is usually best for printing large number of draft quality pages. What is a dot matrix printer?

19. 4,4 This type of computer storage device is quite “flashy”. What is a flash drive?

20. 5,1 This is what a computer “file” is. What is a collection of stored data?

21. 5,2 An executable file contains these. What are the instructions for executing a file?

22. 5,3 A data file contains these. What are data such as words, numbers and characters?

23. 5,4 Of a kilobyte, a megabyte, and a gigabyte, this quantity represents the largest. What is a gigabyte?