Complete Study Guide & Practice Questions
Memory - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Electronic components that store
instructions waiting to be executed and the data needed by those instructions.
USB Flash Drive - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----A portable flash memory storage
device that you plug in a USB port
all-in-one - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Desktop that does not have a tower and
instead houses the screen and system unit in the same case.
,touchpad - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Small, flat, rectangular pointing device
that is sensitive to pressure and motion.
surfing the web - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Term used to refer to the activity of
using links to explore the web.
mobile device - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----A computing device small enough to
hold in your hand.
printer - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----An output device that produces text and
graphic on a physical medium such as paper.
home user - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Any person who spends time using
technology at home.
user - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Anyone who interacts with a computer or
mobile device, or utilizes the information it generates.
picture message - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----A photo or other image, sometimes
along with sound and text, sent to or from a smartphone or other mobile device.
digital camera - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----A mobile device that allows users to
take pictures and store the photographed images digitally.
, drag - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Touch gesture in which a user presses and
holds one finger on an object and then moves the finger to the new location
mobile user - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Any person who works with computers
or mobile devices while away from a main office, home, or school.
hard drive - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Term used to refer collectively to hard
disks and SSDs
digital literacy - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Having a current knowledge and
understanding of computers, mobile devices, the Internet, and related
technologies.
e-book reader - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----A mobile device that is used primarily
for reading e-books and other digital publications. Short for electronic book
reader.
neural network - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----A system that attempts to imitate
the behavior of the human brain.
pinch - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Touch gesture in which a user moves two
fingers together.