RAM: Random access memory (RAM) is the best known form of computer memory. RAM is considered "random access" because you can access any memory cell directly if you know the row and column that intersect at that cell. (storage device) ROM: Read-only memory (ROM), also known as firmware, is an integrated circuit programmed with specific data when it is manufactured. ROM chips are used not only in computers, but in most other electronic items as …showed first 75 words of 358 total…

…showed last 75 words of 358 total…MOTHER BOARD: They are essentially printed circuit boards (housing the computer's basic circuitry and vital components), into which other boards, or cards, are plugged. MODEM: A device that lets your computer communicate with other computers by dialing a connection to the Internet. A modem modulates outgoing digital signals from a computer to analog signals for transmittal over a conventional telephone line. It demodulates the incoming analog signals into a digital signal for the computer. (output)