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| adapter card | show 🗑
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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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| show | Firmware that can control much of a computer's input/output functions, such as communication with the floppy drive and the monitor.
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| show | The paths, or lines, on the motherboard on which data, instructions, and electrical power move from component to component.
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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 | The technology used to manufacture microchips. CMOS chips require less electricity, hold data longer after the electricity is turned off, and produce less heat than easrlier technologies. The configuration or setup chip is a CMOS chip.
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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 number of lines on a bus that can hold data, for example, 8,16,32,and 64bits at a time.
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| show | A minature 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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| show | A narrow slot on the motherboard where an expansion card can be inserted. Expansion slots connect to a bus on the motherboard.
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| show | Software that is permanently stored in a chip. The BIOS on a motherboard is an example of firmware.
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| show | ROM that can be reprogrammed or changed without replacing chips.
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| show | A drive that can hold either a 5.5 inch or 3.25 inch floppy disk. Also called floppy drive.
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| show | See system bus.
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| show | See video card.
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| show | Output from a printer to paper.
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| show | The physiccaql components that constitute the computer system, such as the monitor, the keyboard, the motherboard, and the printer.
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| show | Unit of measurement for frequency, calculated in terms of vibrations, or cycles per second. For example, for 16-bit stereo sound, a frequency of 44,000Hz is used. See also megahertz.
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| show | A common input device through which data and instructions may be typed into computer memory.
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| show | One of two technologies used by hard drives where data is stored as magnetic spots on disks that rotate at a high speed. the other technology is solid state drive (SSD).
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| main board | show 🗑
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| memory | show 🗑
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| show | See Central processing unit (CPU).
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| monitor | show 🗑
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| show | The main board in the computer, Also called the system board. The CPU, ROM chips, DIMMs, RIMMs, and interface cards are plugged into the motherboard.
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| show | A pointing and input device that allows the user to move a cursor around a screen and select items with the click of a button.
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| show | Refers to a kind of RAM that is stable and can hold data as long as electricity is powering the memory.
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| show | A female 25-pin port on a computer that can transmit data in papallet, 8 bits at a time, and is usually used with a printer. The names for papallel ports are LPT1 and LPT2.
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| show | A box inside the computer case that supplies power to the motherboard and other installed devices. Power supplies provide 3.3, 5, and 12 volts DC. Also called a power supply unit (PSU).
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| show | Temporary storage on the motherboard used by the CPU to process data and instructions. Memory is considered primary storage.
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| show | See central processing unit (CPU).
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| show | A set of step-by-step instructions to a computer.
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| show | Memory modules on the motherboard containing microchips used to temporarily hold data and programs while the CPU processes both. Information in RAM is lost when the PC is turned off.
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| ROM (read-only memory) | show 🗑
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| S/PDIF (Sony-Philips Digital Interface) sound port | show 🗑
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| secondary storage | show 🗑
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| serial port | show 🗑
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| show | Computer programs, or instructions to perform a specific task. Software may be BIOS, OSs, or applications software such as a word-processing or spreadsheet program.
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| show | A hard drive that hsa no moving parts.
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| startup BIOS | show 🗑
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| show | BIOS located on the motherboard.
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| show | The bus between the CPU and memoryon the motherboard. The bus frequency in documentation is called the system speed, such as 400 MHz. Also called the memory bus, front-side bus, local bus, or host bus.
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| show | A line on a bus that is dedicated to timing the activities of components connected to it. The system clock provides a continuous pulse that other devices use to time themselves.
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| show | A wire on a circuit board that connects two componentsor devices.
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| show | A type of port designed to make installation and configuration of I/O devices easy, providing room for as many as 127 devices daisy-chained together.
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| show | An interface card installed in the computer to control visual output on a monitor. Also called display adapter or grapics card.
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| show | Memory used by the video controller. The memory might be contained on a video card or be part of system memory. When part of system memory, the memory is dedicated by Windows to video.
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Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
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