PC Basics
The framework to support the internal components of a computer while providing an enclosure for added protection.
What is computer case?
Computers with extremely fast CPUs and GPUs use this type of cooling system.
What is a water-cooling system?
This cable has 24 pins for digital signals and 4 pins for analog signals
What is Digital Visual Interface (DVI)?
This is used to navigate through the GUI.
What is a mouse?
This technology is best to use for drive redundancy and data protection.
What is RAID?
The main printed circuit board and contains the buses, or electrical pathways, found in a computer.
What is a motherboard?
This chip can be erased and re-written without having to remove the chip from the computer.
What is EEPROM?
This cable uses a quarter turn connection scheme and is used with digital, audio, or video.
What is BNC or "Barrel" connector (FDD)?
This device enables multiple computers to use the same mouse, keyboard and monitor.
What is a (Keyboard, Video, Mouse) switch (KVM)?
This allows an OS or application to be used with the support of a host physical computer or server?
What is a virtual machine?
Carries digital video and digital audio signals. Digital signals provide high-quality video and high resolutions.
What is a High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI)?
Most CPU sockets and processors in use today are built around these architectures.
What is Pin Grid Array (PGA)?
This cable has seven conductors, one keyed connector for the drive, and one keyed connector for the drive controller.
What is a SATA data cable?
This device changes AC input to DC output.
What is a Power Supply?
Must all have the same form factor when building a computer.
What is case, power supply, and motherboard?
Quadruples DDR3 maximum storage capacity, requires 40% less power due to it using a lower voltage, and has advanced error correction features.
What is DDR4 Memory?
This chip is a small circuit board that holds several memory chips, it can have 30-pin or 72.- pin configurations
What is a SIMM chip?
This connector is usually blue and consists of 15 pins (three rows of five pins) for analog signals.
What is Video Graphics Array (VGA)?
This is known as IEEE standard 1394.
What is Firewire?
This refers to increasing the speed of the CPU.
What is overclocking?
This smaller, more condensed version of DIMM provides random access data storage that is ideal for use in laptops, printers, and other devices where conserving space is desirable.
What is Small Outline DIMM (SODIMM)?
Motherboards in this form factor are 12in by 9.6in
What is Advanced Technology eXtended (ATX)?
A single USB port in a computer can support up to _____ separate devices with the use of multiple USB hubs.
What is 127 total devices?
This type of drive can be connected and disconnected without turning off computer.
What is a hot-swappable drive?
Maximum data speed of USB 2.0.
What is 480Mbps?