Motherboards
Often shortened to PCB.
What is a Printed Circuit Board?
A kind of magnetic storage that uses a rotating disk.
What Is a Hard Disk Drive?
The number of volts required for ESD to be felt.
What is 3,000?
Connects a monitor cable to a computer.
What is a video port?
The "brain" of the computer.
What is a CPU?
Places on the motherboard where additional components can be added.
What is a Expansion Slot?
A newer, more powerful drive, that uses no moving parts.
What is a Solid State Drive?
The voltage needed to damage electrical components with ESD.
What are 30 volts?
Original developed for high definition TV, this cable connects both sound and audio.
What is HDMI?
The kind of power computer components use.
What is Direct Current?
The most common motherboard form factor.
What is ATX?
This kind of drive uses light to read a disk.
What is an Optical Drive?
Looking similar to a bracelet, these devices prevent electro-static discharge when working on computers.
What are anti-static wrist straps?
Normally found in groups of 3, with different colors signifying whether video or audio is carried.
What are RCA cables?
Usually shortened to USB.
What is Universal Serial Bus?
This kind of cable connects drives to the motherboard.
What is SATA?
Volatile memory that increases system performance as more is installed.
What is RAM?
Components should be kept in this kind of bag until installed.
What is a anti-static bag?
Translates the signals of a technology into something another technology can use.
What is a converter?
A type of optical media that carries audio but not video.
What is a compact disc?
A small, low power form factor that only has one slot for expansion cards.
What is Mini-ITX?
A kind of memory that is erased when exposed to UV light.
EPROM
Touching a grounded object before touching electrical components.
What is self grounding?
The maximum length of an Ethernet Cable.
What is 100 meters?
A component for passive cooling.
What is a heat sink?