The Motherboard
Power Supply Process
Historical Highlights
Misc. Hardware
My Favorite Albums
100

This is the spot where the brains of the computer fit in. There will be a heat sink overtop.

CPU Socket

100

This is the first stop for the 110V AC coming from the wall. This will make it a more usable voltage.

The Transformer

100

This man is a friend of Steve-O and co-founded Apple.

Steve Wozniak

100

This acronym is "so random" and represents memory that deals with current processes.

RAM

100

Jay-Z's 6th studio album had singles like: Izzo (H.O.V.A) and the sample heavy Heart Of The City.

The Blueprint

200

This connector is great for something like a graphics card.

PCI X 16

200

This type of power takes the shape of a wave.

AC

200

She came up with a precursor to the internet called Resource One.

Pamela Hardt-English

200

These serve as a place to add extra equipment such as an extra graphics or network card.

Expansion Slot

200

Minneapolis rockers "The Replacements"' 1985 album with songs such as "Left Of The Dial" and "Here Comes A Regular" 

Tim

300

These connectors provide a place for hard disks and optical drives to attach to the motherboard.

SATA Connectors

300

Early stages of the DC process will have a voltage graph looking like a dinosaur's back. these components will help smooth things out.

Capacitors

300

This Canadian Taurus was the lead designer behind the Java language.

James Gosling

300

This system makes sure your computer will never run a fever.

The cooling system

300

A big breakthrough for Greenday, this album welcomed listeners to paradise, had Longview and When I Come Around as singles.

Dookie

400

This part USED to control all of the Input/Output devices

The South Bridge

400

Capacitors, Electromagnets and Switches make up this process that fine tunes the voltage going out.

Switching Regulators

400

A cofounder of the CPU company of Intel, was also behind the law that states the number of transistors that fit on a circuit board will double every year.

Gordon Moore

400

This input/output interfacing bus can also provide power to a wide variety of external components.

USB

400

The self titled track kicks it off, "Train In Vain" closes it down and Brand New Cadillac, Death Or Glory and Rudy Can't Fail fall somewhere in between on this 1980 Clash album.

London Calling

500

These slots are where the the RAM plugs in.

Memory Slots

500

AC turns to DC using this process.

The Rectifier

500

This man was behind the company that developed OSs such as 3.1, 95, 98, NT and ME.

Bill Gates

500

This type of memory is in it for the long haul. It's a little slow to be retrieved, but it's only gone if you delete it.

ROM

500

The singing mailman delivered with this album named after a damaged fruit. John Prine's 1978 album had songs like "That's The Way The World Goes 'Round" and "Sabu Visits The Twin Cities Alone"

Bruised Orange

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