Storage and Memory Devices
By: Gabe McNamara and Jaimie Hey
Types: Secure Digital (SD), CompactFlash (CF), Memory Stick (MS), Multimedia Card (MMC) XD-Picture Card (XD) and Smart Media (SM).
Uses: store music, pictures, documents and
even games. ( commonly used with a digital camera).
Costs: anywhere from $10-$400
Microdrive Storage Devices
Bytes • a byte is a unit of data that
is eight binary digits long.
• unit most computers use to represent a character such as a letter, number, or typographic symbol.
• http://www.helpwithpcs.com/courses/binary-numbers.htm
Binary conversion for10011101 = 157
For help with conversion’s go to this link.
A motherboard allows all the parts of your computer to receive power and communicate with one another.
Last twenty years developed extremely.
Motherboards typically boast a wide variety of built-in features, and they directly affect a computer's capabilities and potential for upgrades.
http://www.smartcomputing.com/articles/archive/R0503/06R03/06R03.pdf?guid
Motherboard
Silicon Chips
Three steps to making silicon chips:• Converting sand to silicon• Creating a cylindrical crystal• Slicing the crystal into wafers
silicon chip - electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a
number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit.
http://pcplus.techradar.com/node/3059
Quiz1.What is the average price for a memory card?
2.True or False: In most computer systems, a byte is a unit of data.
3.True or False: A jump drive is also commonly referred to as a data stick.
4.True or False: The first step to making a Silicon Chip is Slicing the crystals into wafers.
5.True or False: eBay has become notorious for "fake memory card" sales.
6.What is the price for a 8 GB memory card?
7.True or False: An 820 MB hard drive holds a nominal 820 million bytes
8. True or False: A motherboard allows all the parts of your computer to receive power and communicate with one another.
9. True or False: A flash drive is difficult to use.
10. True or False: The CompactFlash Type II form factor Microdrive is not at all popular in high resolution digital cameras.