5. Locate the technical word and the part of the sentence that defines that word in these sentences adapted from A+ Guide to Hardware by Jean Andrews.

a. If an easier path (one with less resistance) is available, the electricity follows that path. This can cause a short, a sudden increase in flow that can also create a sudden increase in temperature—

enough to start a fire and injure both people and equipment.

b. A rectifier is a device that converts alternating current to direct current.

c. A multimeter is a more general-purpose tool that can measure several characteristics of electricity in a variety of devices.

d. An extractor, a spring-loaded device that looks like a hypodermic needle, can be used to pick up a screw that has fallen into a place where hands and fingers can’t reach.

e. A SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card is a small flash memory card that contains all the information you need to connect to a cellular network.

f. A ground bracelet, also called an antistatic strap or ESD (electrostatic discharge) bracelet, is a strap you wear around your wrist that is attached to the computer case, ground mat, or another ground so that ESD is discharged from your body before you touch sensitive components inside a computer.

g. Fiber-optic cables transmit signals as pulses of light over glass strands inside protected tubing.

h. VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) is a TCP/IP protocol that manages voice communication over the Internet.