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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Used to store data; also known as primary memory	RAM	93%
Used to store data; relatively slow, high-capacity; contains spinning platters	Hard Disk Drive	81%
Contains the Arithmetic Logic Unit and the Control Unit. Comes in dual-, quad-, hex-, oct- and dodeca- varieties	Central Processing Unit	67%
All the other components are plugged into it	Motherboard	66%
This directs air through the computer to cool it	Fan	64%
This aluminium radiator draws heat away from components in direct contact with it	Heatsink	59%
Pointing device used to manipulate objects on the screen; commonly has two buttons and a scroll wheel	Mouse	48%
Used to store data; maximum capacity is 700 MB	CD	46%
Screen type - most common nowadays; fair colour quality; flat screen; usually widescreen; acronym is LCD	Liquid Crystal Display	46%
Also contains an ALU and a CU, but is only used to render polygons	Graphical Processing Unit	44%
Used to store data; very fast, non-volatile; mostly used for storing the operating system	Solid State Drive	44%
Used to store data; often used in cameras, smartphones and legacy games consoles	Memory Card	43%
Flat device used to insert characters into areas of the screen	Keyboard	40%
Contains all the components and protects them from electrostatic discharge, dust and careless visitors	Case	39%
Used to store data; maximum capacity is 4.7 GB per layer	DVD	37%
Rectangular connector used to connect nearly every external device to the computer; acronym is USB	Universal Serial Bus	37%
This is a noiseless cooling solution and is much more effective than air	Water Cooling	37%
Used to store data; required for the computer to boot	BIOS	34%
Used to store data; maximum capacity is 1.4 MB	Floppy Disk	33%
Screen type - rounded; high colour quality; used electron beams	Cathode Ray Tube	31%
Connection used to connect HDDs to the computer internally	SATA	30%
Used to store data; supersedes floppy disks as primary portable storage medium; can have incredibly high capacities	Flash Drive	29%
Term used to define the manual tweaking of components to make them run faster	Overclocking	28%
Interface used to connect high-speed peripherals to the computer; commonly comes in x16 and x1 varieties	PCIe	24%
Rectangular connector also known as RJ-45	Ethernet	22%
The most common form factor for custom-built computers	ATX	21%
Screen type - becoming increasingly popular as TVs; high colour quality; flat screen; usually widescreen; acronym is OLED	Organic Light-Emitting Diode	21%
Heat-conductive compound which helps conduct heat away from hot components	Thermal Paste	20%
Technology created by AMD which allows two GPUs to render the same image faster	CrossFire	15%
This is a transformer that steps the voltage down from 240V/110V AC to about 12V DC. Comes in modular and linear varieties	Power Supply Unit	15%
Connection used to connect HDTVs to the computer; acronym is HDMI	High Definition Multimedia Interface	14%
Interacts with the CPU and RAM; part of the chipset	Northbridge	12%
Interacts with the peripheral controllers, such as USB, PCI and the BIOS; part of the chipset	Southbridge	11%
Connection which consists of a 15-pin connector with two thumbscrews; acronym is VGA	Video Graphics Array	11%
Used to store data; maximum capacity is 25 GB per layer	Blu-Ray Disc	8%
Irregularly-shaped connector commonly found in Europe which has 21 pins and is used to carry standard-definition video	SCART	8%
Data storage type - acronym is WORM	Write Once; Read Many	8%
Connection which consists of a red, a white and a yellow jack	Composite	7%
Circular connector used to connect audio equipment to the computer	3.5mm Jack	6%
Legacy interface dedicated to connection of medium-speed graphics devices to the computer; one size	Accelerated Graphics Port	6%
Data storage type - found in SSDs, SD cards and SSHDs	NAND	6%
Radio protocol used to connect two computers together, commonly known as Wi-Fi	802.11	5%
Data storage type - acronym is EEPROM	Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory	4%
Legacy interface used to connect medium-speed peripherals to the computer; one size; acronym is PCI	Peripheral Component Interconnect	4%
Technology created by Nvidia which allows two GPUs to render the same image faster; acronym is SLI	Scalable Link Interface	4%
Used to store data; contains both platters and flash memory; used to speed up notebooks	Solid State Hybrid Drive	3%
Used to store data; legacy; contained high-capacity magnetic tape	Zip Drive	3%