If you type a paper for English class and save it on the hard drive, it is called an executable file.

Sending an e-mail is an example of data communication.

A serial port transmits data eight bits at a time.

The evolution of multimedia and Internet technologies has made the Web the perfect communication tool for marketing business services and products.

Technical details about components on a computer are called specifications.

A modem converts analog signals your computer outputs into digital signals (sound waves) that can traverse ordinary phone lines.

Spyware is software installed with another program, usually with the user’s permission, that generates advertising revenue for the program’s creator by displaying targeted ads to the program’s user. _________________________

CD-ROMs are rewritable.

Unlike ROM, which cannot be changed, CMOS changes every time you add or remove hardware. _________________________

ROM is a chip on the motherboard prerecorded with instructions the computer uses to check its components to ensure they are working and to activate the software that provides the basic functionality of the computer when you turn it on. This set of instructions is called the CMOS. _________________________

A CRT monitor is a flat panel display monitor that is expensive, but lightweight and very easy to read. _________________________

Spreadsheet software creates worksheets in which numbers and text are displayed in cells. _________________________

One of the most important pieces of processing software on the motherboard is the microprocessor. _________________________

Some networks have one or more computers called nodes that act as the central storage location for programs and provide mass storage for most of the data used on the network. _________________________

The monitor on the left, shown in the figure above, uses ____ technology

Item 1 in the above figure points to a(n) ____.

As shown in the figure above, spreadsheet software can be used for ____.

The keyboard shown in the figure above ____.

A wide area network (WAN) is more than one ____ connected together.

Printers are ____.

CMOS is often referred to as ____ memory.

Microsoft Windows and Macintosh OS are examples of ____.

You could call the network that they have established a(n) ____network.

The program that is shown in the figure above is an example of ____.

____ cards are used to record and play back musical data.

Microsoft ____ is a popular presentation software program used to create colorful presentations and transparencies.

____ software allows people to keep track of their schedules, appointments, contacts, and to-do lists.

The physical components of a computer are referred to as ____.

The item in the above figure is a(n) ____.

Processing tasks occur on the motherboard, which is the ____of the computer.

A(n) ____ is a place on a Web page that is programmed to connect to a particular file on the same network server, or even on a network server on the other side of the globe.

Sony’s version of the IEEE 1394 interface is called ____.

____________________ is a special, high-speed memory chip on the motherboard or CPU.

Another name for a graphics card is a video display ____________________.

The ____________________ is the set of events that occurs between the moment you turn on the computer and the moment you can begin to use the computer.

The rules that establish an orderly transfer of data between the sender and the receiver are called ____________________.

Define OLE and give an example of how OLE can be done using Microsoft Office 2007.