Parts and Tools
Inside a PC
Intro to OS
MOBO
Processor & Memory
100
The highest ATA performance standard for HDD.
What is SATA?
100
This is a standard that is used to determine the physical size of a PSU and the bolt hole pattern.
What is a form factor
100
This is a storage device that can be divided into partitions.
What is HDD or Hard Disk Drive
100
This bus was developed specifically for video cards only.
What is AGP?
100
Is what the S stands for in SDRAM
What is Synchronous? In this DIMM technology it is synchronized with the system clock.
200
Is the only cable that has 80 conductors that connects to the HDD.
What is EIDE? PATA and IDE can be both, so they are wrong.
200
This setting is the moost common reason to use liquid cooling, due to over speed and heating of the processor.
What is Over-Clocking
200
Is the other name for the notification area in Windows.
What is the system tray
200
Is an AMD technology that allows multiple video cards to work together in one system.
What is Cross Fire? SLI is by NVidea
200
Is the unit of measurement used to express the read and write times in DIMM.
What is nanoseconds?
300
Is the number of pins on the additional power connector for a PCI Express Version 2 video card.
What is 8?
300
A compound placed between the heat sink and processor to form an airtight seal.
What is Thermal compound (paste)
300
This is a part of the file path that indicates how the file is organized or formatted.
What is the file extension
300
This replaced the 64-bit Front Side Bus in the X58 chipset.
What is QPI?
300
Is a DIMM technology found in servers that gives an added error reliability.
What is ECC?
400
Is the formulas used for finding Watts, a unit of electricity to describe power. (Power, Voltage , and current relationship)
What is P I x E
400
This is the material most used to make a cooler, heat sink.
What is Aluminum or Copper?
400
The part of a Windows display that shows information about open programs and provides quick access to others.
What is the Taskbar
400
This is the smallest motherboard form factor.
What is Flex ATX?
400
This memory technology is obsolete and had a 32-bit data bus, 232 pins and required a placeholder in all empty slots.
What is RIMM (Rumbas Inline Memory Module)?
500
The result of two objects with dissimilar electrical charges touching.
What is ESD (Electro static discharge)
500
This is a list of at least 3 of the most common connectors found in the front panel header.
What is Power SW, Reset SW, HDD LED, Power LED, Speaker?
500
This is a convenient way to access several folders in different locations from one central location.
What is a library?
500
Is a common socket that is soldered to the motherboard and CPU.
What is BGA?
500
This Intel processor technology interconnects the processor, chipset, and wireless network adapter as a unit, this greatly improved laptop performance we get today.
What is Centrino?
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