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2.  Types: Secure Digital (SD), CompactFlash (CF), Memory Stick (MS), Multimedia Card (MMC) XD- Picture Card (XD) and Smart Media (SM).  Uses: store music, pictures, documents and even games. ( commonly used with a digital camera).  Costs: anywhere from $10-$400

3. a byte is a unit of data that is eight binary digits long. unit most computers use to represent a character such as a letter, number, or typographic symbol. http://www.helpwithpcs.co m/courses/binary- numbers.htm http://www.helpwithpcs.co m/courses/binary- numbers.htm Binary conversion for 10011101 = 157 For help with conversion’s go to this link.

4.  A motherboard allows all the parts of your computer to receive power and communicate with one another.  ­Last twenty years developed extremely.  Motherboards typically boast a wide variety of built-in features, and they directly affect a computer's capabilities and potential for upgrades.  http://www.smartcomputing.com/articles/archive/R0503/06 R03/06R03.pdf?guid http://www.smartcomputing.com/articles/archive/R0503/06 R03/06R03.pdf?guid

5. Three steps to making silicon chips: Converting sand to silicon Creating a cylindrical crystal Slicing the crystal into wafers silicon chip - electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit. http://pcplus.techrad ar.com/node/3059