IT Acronyms study guide with correct answers.

USB - correct answer Universal Serial Bus: It transfers data and power. CPU - correct answer Central Processing Unit: is the brain of the computer. IT - correct answer Information Technology: "the development and use of IT are certain to bring about changes in education" ICT - correct answer Information and Communication Technologies : "refers to technologies that provide access to information through telecommunications. It is similar to Information Technology (IT), but focuses primarily on communication technologies. This includes the Internet, wireless networks, cell phones, and other communication mediums." HDD - correct answer Hard Disk Drive : a long term storage device that is a secondary device.... Non volatile,(that means it does not go away) mechanical, and magnetic GPU - correct answer graphics processing unit BIOS - correct answer Basic input/ output system FDD - correct answer Floppy Disk Drive PC - correct answer "PC is short for personal computer or IBM PC." RAM - correct answer "Random Access Memory, or RAM (pronounced as ramm), is the physical hardware inside a computer that temporarily stores data, serving as the computer's "working" memory. Additional RAM allows a computer to work with more information at the same time, which usually has a considerable effect on total system performance."