Screen Sizes
Sockets Ahoy!
RAM RAM (Explain the Acronym)
All the Drives
PC Dream Machines
100

A screen that is 800 x 600 pixels.

What is SVGA?

100

Pentium 4, Celeron, Core 2 Duo and Xeon use this socket.

What is LGA 775?

100

RAM

What is Random Access Memory?

100

This hard drive uses a 40 or 80-wire data cable and a four pin Molex connector. It's often configured in pairs.

What is PATA?

100

A PC workstation with maximum RAM and CPUs and many OSs is used for this function

What is virtualization?

200

The native 1280 x 1024 resolution for many desktop monitors.

What is SXGA?

200

Phenom II, Athlon II & Sempron use this socket


What is AM3?

200

DDR SDRAM

What is Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory?

200

This hard drive type uses a single serial point-to-point connection cable.

What is SATA?

200

A PC with minimal RAM, CPU and power, designed to work with a server

What is a thin client?

300

Laptops with a 1366 x 768 pixel display and a 16:9 display ratio use this standard.

What is WXGA?

300

Core i3/i5/i7, Pentium,& Xeon with Sandy Bridge architecture use this socket.

what is LGA 1155?

300

DDR-500 runs at this clock speed

What is 250 MHz?

300

This hard drive type can use a maximum cable length of 2 meters

What is eSATA?

300

A PC with fast CPU, maximum RAM and a monitor with the best possible color display is used for this function

What is a graphics workstation?

400

Big ol' CRTs with 1600 x 1200 display use this standard.

What is UXGA?

400

An AMD A-Series CPU with 906 pins uses this socket

What is FM2+?

400

PC2-6400 RAM is the same as this DDR2 speed rating

What is DDR2-800?

400

This hard drive type should never be defragged

What is SSD?

400

A PC with fast CPU, maximum RAM, large hard drive, high-quality audio interface and a monitor with the best possible color display is used for this function.

What is an audio-visual editing workstation?

500

27"+ monitors using a 16:10 display ratio and 2560 x 1600 resolution.

What is WQXGA?

500

Core i7, Xeon & Celeron chips without integrated graphics use this socket.

What is LGA 1366?

500

A speed rating of PC3-19200 translates into what DDR I/O speed?

What is 1200 MHz?

500

S.M.A.R.T technology was introduced with which drive standard?

What is ATA-3? (for PATA drives)

500

A PC with a gigabit NIC, multiple large hard drives, a RAID array, lots of RAM and a fast CPU is used for this function.


What is a home server PC?

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