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Chapter 18 Crosswords
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Computer Networking
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01/18/2013

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Term
PC cameras, often called _____ because their most common use is for Internet video communication.
Definition
Webcams
Term
The USB _____ is an integrated circuit that is usually built into the chipset and controls every USB device that connects to it.
Definition
Host Controller
Term
The _____ resolution is an enhanced resolution that is achieved mechanically with assistance from onboard software.
Definition
Optical
Term
FireWire has two distinct types of connectors, the __-_____ power connectors, for Desktop computers, and __-_____ for Laptops.
Definition
6-Pin; 4-Pin
Term
A _____ is a device that extends a single USB connection to two or more USB ports, almost always directly from one of the USB ports connected to the root hub.
Definition
USB Hub
Term
_____ means that the zoom is built into the lens of the camera.
Definition
Optical Zoom
Term
_____ readers are designed to read standard UPC bar codes.
Definition
Bar Code
Term
The amount of information a particular model of camera can capture, expressed as some number of _____ in the digital camera world.
Definition
Megapixels
Term
The USB 2.0 standard introduced __-_____ USB which runs at 480 Mbps.
Definition
Hi-Speed
Term
The most common removable storage media used in modern digital cameras is the _____.
Definition
Secure Digital (SD)
Term
_____ use a small round ball.
Definition
Ball Mice
Term
Every consumer-grade camera saves the pictures it takes onto some type of _____ storage media.
Definition
Removable
Term
A _____ is a monitor with some types of sensing device across its face that detects the location and duration of contact, usually by a finger or stylus.
Definition
Touchscreen
Term
_____ use LED or lasers and a camera to track their movements and thus move the mouse pointer across the screen.
Definition
Optical Mice
Term
The _____ of a scan defines the number of bits of information the scanner can use to describe each individual dot.
Definition
Color Depth
Term
_____ devices scan and remember unique aspects of various body parts by using some form of sensing device such as a retinal scanner.
Definition
Biometric
Term
FireWire comes in two speeds: _____ which runs at 400 Mbps and _____ which runs at 800 Mbps.
Definition
IEEE 1394a; IEEE 1394b
Term
__-_____ USB runs up to 12 Mbps.
Definition
Full-Speed
Term
The job of a _____ is to convert data moving between parallel and serial devices.
Definition
Serial Port
Term
A "_____" device is simply a device that you know is in good working order.
Definition
Known Good
Term
_____ are photosensitive pixels.
Definition
Photosites
Term
The USB _____ is the part of the host controller that makes the physical connection to the USB ports.
Definition
Root Hub
Term
__-_____ USB runs at a maximum of 1.5 Mbps.
Definition
Low-Speed
Term
You can use a _____ to make digital copies of existing paper photos, documents, drawings, and more.
Definition
Scanner
Term
_____, also known as IEEE 1394, looks and acts like USB.
Definition
FireWire
Term
_____ is a very old standard that defines everything about serial ports: how fast they communicate, the language they use, even how the connectors should look.
Definition
RS-232
Term
_____ cameras electronically simulate older film-technology.
Definition
Digital
Term
originally, mouse _____ referr4ed to a feature that caused the mouse speed to increase when the mouse moved a relatively large distance across the screen.
Definition
Acceleration
Term
A _____ switch is a hardware device that most commonly enables multiple computers to be view3ed and controlled by a single mouse, keyboard, and screen.
Definition
KVM
Term
__-_____ USB devices take power from the USB bus itself.
Definition
Bus-Powered
Term
Scanners differ a lot in _____, a number that defines how many shades of gray the scanner can save per dot.
Definition
Grayscale Depth
Term
_____ are both the oldest and sill the primary way to input data into a PC>
Definition
Keyboards
Term
_____ defines the grid size.
Definition
Resolution
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