Chapter 3: Peripherals, Cables, and Connectors (Fill in the Blank)

Fill-in-the-blank flashcards covering key peripherals, cables, connectors, and display/storage terms from Chapter 3.

The peripheral cable standard that follows USB 2.0 is __.

USB 3.0

The legacy interface commonly used for serial connections is __.

Serial

A high-speed interface used for peripherals and daisy-chaining is __.

Thunderbolt

A widely-used digital video and audio connector standard is __.

HDMI

A digital display interface commonly used on PCs is __.

DisplayPort

Digital Visual Interface is abbreviated as __.

DVI

Video Graphics Array is abbreviated as __.

VGA

Serial Advanced Technology Attachment is abbreviated as __.

SATA

Small Computer System Interface is abbreviated as __.

SCSI

External SATA is abbreviated as __.

eSATA

Integrated Drive Electronics is abbreviated as __.

IDE

A small USB connector commonly used on mobile devices is __.

microUSB

A smaller USB connector type used on some devices is __.

miniUSB

A reversible USB connector type widely used on modern devices is __.

USB-C

A common power connector used in PCs is __.

Molex

Apple's proprietary charging and data port is the __.

Lightning port

Liquid Crystal Display is abbreviated as __.

LCD

A display technology using a light-emitting diode for backlighting is __.

LED

Organic Light-Emitting Diode is abbreviated as __.

OLED

The frequency at which a display updates the image per second is the __.

Refresh rate

The measure of image clarity defined by pixel count is __.

Resolution

The ability to show content on more than one display is called __.

Multiple displays

Brightness of a projector or display is measured in __.

lumens

Network Attached Storage is abbreviated as __.

NAS

A device that allows one keyboard, video, and mouse to control multiple computers is a __.

KVM switch

The 9-pin D-sub connector used for serial ports is __.

DB-9

Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment is abbreviated as __.

PATA

Serial Attached SCSI is abbreviated as __.

SAS