Basic External Components
Basic Internal Components
Motherboard
Ribbon Cables
Potpourri
100
A small machine usually used to hover around on the screen. It is also a name for a rodent.
What is a Mouse?
100
A long lasting storage where the operating system is located.
What is a Hard drive?
100
It is also another name for a Motherboard.
What is a System board?
100

What connector is used for CPU power?

4 pin

100
It is where the most common storage device of today fits into.
What is a USB slot?
200
Commonly used for typing, this component contains numbers, letters, and symbols.
What is a Keyboard?
200

Main, volatile memory of the PC.

What is RAM?

200

A silicon chip that includes various devices such as transistors and wires. This is also what a motherboard is.

What is an Integrated Circuit?

200

What is the primary power connector?

This is the 20/24 pin connector?

200
This will let you "burn" something onto a disc.
What is a CD/ROM Drive?
300
A computer needs this in order for you to see it at work.
What is a Monitor?
300

It contains just enough energy to save your system settings.

What is CMOS Battery?

300

It is what the Motherboard allows for all computer devices to do.

What is communicate?

300

It is used to power graphics cards

what is the 6-8 pin connector?

300
It is the acronym for BIOS.
What is "Basic Input Out System"?
400

Consists of thick wires and converts AC electricity into stable DC current.

What is a Power Supply

400
A short term memory device that allows you to run multiple programs at a time.
What is RAM?
400

It allows you to connect your short-term memory device onto the motherboard.

What is Memory slots?

400

This will let your bootable HDD connect to the motherboard.

What is SATA connector #1?

400

This has replaced AGP slots.

What is PCIe x16?

500
Allows your internal components shelter.
What is a Case?
500

It will keep your processor cool and running.

What is a Heat Sink?

500

This was the bestest, most awesome video card slot before PCIe x16 came along

What is AGP Slot?

500

This will let your second HDD connect to the motherboard.

What is SATA #2 connector

500
It is what PCI stands for.
What is "Peripheral Component Interface"?
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