Quiz 1 Mobile Devices

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This type of wearable technology can tell you all sorts of information about fitness. It can track heart rate, distance traveled, and calories burned, to name a few. My Fitness Pal is an available app for the same purpose, but not a device.

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Laptop cable locks will lock into place inside your laptop when you slide it in, and attach to the system board. Before locking it, you take the cable and loop it around a very sturdy object, such as a part of your desk. This will likely prevent it from being stolen, as the thief now must also take the object that it is tied around, or risk damaging the laptop, leaving the Laptop on the desk had allowed the thief to put it in any hand bag and carry it away.

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Near Field Communication (NFC) is the technology behind some of the most popular mobile payment systems in use, including Apple Pay and Android Pay. This is a short-range technology that only works over a limited area, such as holding up your phone to a checkout terminal at a retail store.

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The power supply inside a traditional desktop enables conversion from AC power to DC power that your computer uses. Due to the compact size of a laptop, the laptop charger comes with its own converter, allowing you to convert to DC power externally.

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Since the children had been using the Laptop before the screen issue happened; the likely conclusion would be to try adjusting the screen brightness to a better setting.

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The two SATA formats used for SSD drives for laptops include a 1.8 inch and 2.5 inch. There is also a newer format which is non-SATA based, which uses the M.2 motherboard socket.

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E-readers were made with book readers as their primary target customers, allowing them to download electronic books wirelessly while on the go. It’s lighter than carrying a physical book around, and it’s often cheaper to buy an electronic copy of the book as well.

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An inverter is used with older technology to convert the DC power inside your computer into AC power that can be used for the display. This is found with older displays that use CCFL (cold cathode fluorescent lamps).