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Do You Know Your... Computer Hardware? - Statistics
General Stats
- This quiz has been taken 2,202 times
- The average score is 13 of 47
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Used to store data; also known as primary memory | RAM | 93%
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| Used to store data; relatively slow, high-capacity; contains spinning platters | Hard Disk Drive | 80%
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| Contains the Arithmetic Logic Unit and the Control Unit. Comes in dual-, quad-, hex-, oct- and dodeca- varieties | Central Processing Unit | 67%
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| All the other components are plugged into it | Motherboard | 66%
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| This directs air through the computer to cool it | Fan | 64%
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| This aluminium radiator draws heat away from components in direct contact with it | Heatsink | 58%
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| Pointing device used to manipulate objects on the screen; commonly has two buttons and a scroll wheel | Mouse | 48%
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| Screen type - most common nowadays; fair colour quality; flat screen; usually widescreen; acronym is LCD | Liquid Crystal Display | 46%
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| Used to store data; maximum capacity is 700 MB | CD | 45%
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| Also contains an ALU and a CU, but is only used to render polygons | Graphical Processing Unit | 45%
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| Used to store data; very fast, non-volatile; mostly used for storing the operating system | Solid State Drive | 44%
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| Used to store data; often used in cameras, smartphones and legacy games consoles | Memory Card | 43%
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| Contains all the components and protects them from electrostatic discharge, dust and careless visitors | Case | 39%
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| Flat device used to insert characters into areas of the screen | Keyboard | 39%
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| This is a noiseless cooling solution and is much more effective than air | Water Cooling | 37%
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| Used to store data; maximum capacity is 4.7 GB per layer | DVD | 36%
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| Rectangular connector used to connect nearly every external device to the computer; acronym is USB | Universal Serial Bus | 36%
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| Used to store data; required for the computer to boot | BIOS | 33%
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| Used to store data; maximum capacity is 1.4 MB | Floppy Disk | 33%
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| Screen type - rounded; high colour quality; used electron beams | Cathode Ray Tube | 31%
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| Connection used to connect HDDs to the computer internally | SATA | 30%
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| Used to store data; supersedes floppy disks as primary portable storage medium; can have incredibly high capacities | Flash Drive | 29%
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| Term used to define the manual tweaking of components to make them run faster | Overclocking | 27%
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| Interface used to connect high-speed peripherals to the computer; commonly comes in x16 and x1 varieties | PCIe | 24%
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| Rectangular connector also known as RJ-45 | Ethernet | 22%
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| The most common form factor for custom-built computers | ATX | 21%
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| Screen type - becoming increasingly popular as TVs; high colour quality; flat screen; usually widescreen; acronym is OLED | Organic Light-Emitting Diode | 21%
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| Heat-conductive compound which helps conduct heat away from hot components | Thermal Paste | 20%
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| Technology created by AMD which allows two GPUs to render the same image faster | CrossFire | 15%
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| This is a transformer that steps the voltage down from 240V/110V AC to about 12V DC. Comes in modular and linear varieties | Power Supply Unit | 15%
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| Connection used to connect HDTVs to the computer; acronym is HDMI | High Definition Multimedia Interface | 14%
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| Interacts with the CPU and RAM; part of the chipset | Northbridge | 12%
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| Interacts with the peripheral controllers, such as USB, PCI and the BIOS; part of the chipset | Southbridge | 11%
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| Connection which consists of a 15-pin connector with two thumbscrews; acronym is VGA | Video Graphics Array | 11%
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| Used to store data; maximum capacity is 25 GB per layer | Blu-Ray Disc | 8%
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| Irregularly-shaped connector commonly found in Europe which has 21 pins and is used to carry standard-definition video | SCART | 8%
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| Data storage type - acronym is WORM | Write Once; Read Many | 8%
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| Connection which consists of a red, a white and a yellow jack | Composite | 7%
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| Legacy interface dedicated to connection of medium-speed graphics devices to the computer; one size | Accelerated Graphics Port | 6%
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| Data storage type - found in SSDs, SD cards and SSHDs | NAND | 6%
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| Circular connector used to connect audio equipment to the computer | 3.5mm Jack | 5%
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| Radio protocol used to connect two computers together, commonly known as Wi-Fi | 802.11 | 5%
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| Data storage type - acronym is EEPROM | Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory | 5%
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| Legacy interface used to connect medium-speed peripherals to the computer; one size; acronym is PCI | Peripheral Component Interconnect | 4%
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| Technology created by Nvidia which allows two GPUs to render the same image faster; acronym is SLI | Scalable Link Interface | 4%
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| Used to store data; legacy; contained high-capacity magnetic tape | Zip Drive | 3%
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| Used to store data; contains both platters and flash memory; used to speed up notebooks | Solid State Hybrid Drive | 2%
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