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02/16/2012

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esd
Definition
electrostatic discharge. static damage silicon
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agp
Definition
accelerated graphics port. attches video card to mobo
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diffbtween agp pci
Definition
higher bus speed and bandwidth
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soft boot /cold boot
Definition
restart while computer on / start up while cpu off
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ntldr
Definition
boot loader contains boot sector to load os
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bios manuf
Definition
ami, pheonix, oem
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pci
Definition
peripheral component interconnect, attach hw device to cpu
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isa
Definition
industry standard architechture- ibms computer bus
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ram
Definition
randomly access any location
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rom
Definition
read only memory - maintain data without power but cant be written
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types of ram
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rom - read only, dram - dynamic random access memory, sram - static ram
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megahurts and gighertz measured
Definition
crystal oscillates millions or billions cycles per seconds. one hz is one clock cycle
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1000 megahurtz = gigahurt
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processor core frequency
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freq of oscillator crystal measured in hz
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dram
Definition
main memory in modern pc
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sram
Definition
static ram, faster dram no need for refresh rate
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sdram
Definition
synchronous dyanmic. syncd with system bus responds quickly to inputs
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dimm
Definition
dual inline memory module. contacts on both sides
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so-dimm
Definition
small outline dual in-line memory module, laptop memory
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ram measured
Definition
nanosecond or mhz, how long for one cycle
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memory errors
Definition
soft and hard. hard requires replacement while soft nonpermanent
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serial port
Definition
information transferrs in out bit at a time..modems sat phones
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address bus
Definition
specifies a computer bus to a memory location
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bus
Definition
system transferes data b/w components in a computer
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software
Definition
programs used to direct the operation of a computer or give instruction
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hardware
Definition
electrical components making up a computer
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bit
Definition
basic unit of information
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byte
Definition
eight bits
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flash drive
Definition
flash memory in usb
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form factors
Definition
atx, btx, wtx, nlx, lpx, at
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bandwidth
Definition
measure of width of range of freq
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intel proc
Definition
pentium, celeron, core 2 duo, core i3 i5 i7, itanium
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amd
Definition
k5, k6, k10, ahtlon, duron, fx, phenom
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primary storage
Definition
ram
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secondary stoarge
Definition
hard drive, cd/dvd
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cache memory
Definition
high speed memory that temp stores data processor needs
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level 1 , 2, 3
Definition
tries to remember freq used items, if not in l1 then goes to l2, finally l3
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btx
Definition
balanced technology extended, increased component power and cooling requirements
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micro atx /enhanced
Definition
smaller, reduced size//biggest
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dual channeling
Definition
match the pairs of ram in correct slots
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