• Microchips
• Transistors
• Integrated circuits
• Chips
• Microprocessors
• Machine language
• System Unit
• Power Supply
• Motherboard
• Central Processing Unit
• The Machine Cycle
• Memory
• RAM
• ROM
• CMOS
• Flash Memory
• Expansion Cards
• Bus Lines
• Ports
• Secondary Storage
• Hard disks
• Optical disks
• Smart cards
• Cloud storage

Assignment:

1. Complete the “Sharpening the Saw” Practice quiz, due Monday of next week. The Practice quiz consists of 380 questions.
2. Check your score afterwards, and if you got less than 80 percent, try, try again!
3. Go for 100%! The more you retry, the better prepared you’ll be for the final quiz on Wednesday, December 20th!
4. Bear in mind that the Midterm Quiz will consist of material from Chapters 1 through 5. This practice quiz contains all the questions from our previous four quizzes, plus questions from Chapter 5, any of which could appear on Wednesday’s Midterm Quiz.
5. Use your class time to review the questions and refresh your memories of everything we’ve studied to maximize your potential for a high score on the Midterm!