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show A small circuit board inserted in an expansion slot and used to communicate between the system bus and a peripheral device. Also called an interface card.  
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show The number system used by computers; it has only two numbers, 0 and 1, called binary digits, or bits.  
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BIOS (basic input/output system)   show
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BIOS setup bit   show
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bus   show
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show A collection of eight bits that can represent a single character.  
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show Adapter boards or interface cards placed into expansion slots to expand the functions of a computer, allowing it to communicate with external devices such as monitors or speakers.  
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central processing unit (CPU)   show
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show A group of chips on the motherboard that controls the timing and flow of data and instructions to and from the CPU.  
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show The speed, or frequency, expressed in MHz, that controls activity on the motherboard and is generated by a crystal or oscillator located somewhere on the motherboard.  
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show he technology used to manufacture microchips. CMOS chips require less electricity, hold data longer after the electricity is turned off, and produce less heat than earlier technologies. The configuration or setup chip is a CMOS chip.  
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CMOS RAM   show
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show The program in system BIOS that can change the values in CMOS RAM. Also called BIOS setup.  
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show The lines on the system bus that the CPU uses to send and receive data.  
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data path size   show
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show A miniature circuit board installed on a motherboard to hold memory. DIMMs can hold up to 4 GB of RAM on a single module.  
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