Are You Computer Savvy? Quiz

One kilobyte is about 1,000 bytes under the International System of Units. Although the term "kilobyte" has been used to signify 1,024 bytes, the International Electrotechnical Commission has designated the term "kibibyte" to refer to this binary usage.

The flash memory chips are akin to those in your digital camera.

It makes them twice as fast as single-core CPUs.

Once the computer is turned off, the RAM is cleared.

You can access their secondary capabilities by pressing the "Fn" key first and then pressing a function key.

The circuits are imbedded into the silicon material.

Monitors are measured diagonally because early television manufacturers wanted to make the size of their products sound more impressive.

Solid-state drives use advanced technology that's speedy and durable.

Compared to older floppy disks, the high-density, 1.44-megabyte floppies were a big step forward.

The mouse continues to triumph in spite of developments such as the touchscreen.

You can also use Alt Ctrl Delete to restart your computer.

Bluetooth is one example of communications in a personal area network.

The circuitry of the main circuit board connects the hardware components of a computer and allows them to communicate.

Most DVD drives now can read just about all types of DVDs, but a DVD=R isn't one of them.

When programs stop responding, you can terminate them using the Task Manager.

The Mylar has a magnetic coating.

Unlimited rewriting is one of the most useful characteristics of flash memory.

The touchscreen feature was panned by many critics.

They transferred data 8 bits at a time. They aren't included on PCs anymore, understandably.

Mainframes are massive computers that may cost millions of dollars.

The router can help filter out threats to your computer.

John von Neumann's work described the logical elements of computer functionality.

They are ultra-specialized to zip through specific processing requests.

The network interface card facilitates communications between a single computer and a network.

On older computers you could watch a read-out of the results flashing on your screen during a power-on self-test.

Phishing is why you don't open documents or click links from suspicious senders.

It simulates additional RAM, but it works slower than actual RAM.

It connects the CPU and other components and is the general of your computer, delegating tasks at high speed.

Read-only memory is on the motherboard. You can't add additional ROM like you would RAM.

Installing a quality antivirus will protect you against many Trojan horses.