GPU
What type of memory does the GPU use?
VRAM (Video RAM)
Sends out a regular electrical pulse which synchronizes all the components.
What is the CPU (Clock)?
The physical component that Volatile RAM is stored on the motherboard
What are DIMMS (Dual Inline Memory Modules)
ROM and RAM are this type of Memory
What it Primary, Main, Volatile, or Temporary Memory?
Located on rear of Motherboard and provides an interface between the computer and a peripheral devices
What are I/O Connectors or Ports?
The images created on a computer monitor are made from these tiny dots
What are pixels?
Transfers data and signals between components inside a computer.
What is a bus?
DRAM is stored in these
What are Capacitors
ROM is this type of Software/Hardware
What is firmware?
This is the motherboard's battery, which is used to power the south bridge and the BIOS to save the setting, data and time.
What is the CMOS Battery?
This GPU type is built into the processor and doesn’t use a separate memory bank for graphics/video.
What are Integrated graphics?
Carries address locations of stored data from the processor to memory and input/output devices (Determines WHERE data is transferred)
What is the Address bus?
SRAM is stored on these
What are Transistors?
ROM that can be erased by exposing it to ultra-violet light
What is EPROM (Erasable and Programmable Read Only Memory)?
Metal component that’s designed to absorb heat from the Central Processing Unit (CPU) and/or a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
This GPU type is separate from the processor and has its own dedicated memory that is not shared with the CPU.
What are Discrete graphics?
Carries signals that coordinate the operation of the components (Determines WHEN DATA is transferred)
What is the Control Bus?
SRAM is fast and is stored in ________Memory
Cache
ROM that can be modified only once by a user and is not erasable.
What is PROM (Programmable Read Only Memory)?
The PCI and PCIE Slots are also called these
What are expansion slots?
What motherboard component does the GPU support in processing because it is often more powerful?
The CPU
Sends data to and from processor, memory, and input and output devices (Determines WHAT data transferred)
What is the Data Bus?
DRAM is slow and is stored in ________Memory
Main (Primary)
ROM that can programmed and erased electrically
What is EEPROM (Electrically Erasable and Programmable Read Only Memory)?
The Northbridge: controls RAM and CPU or PCIE slots. and Southbridge: controls everything else connected to the computer including communication between the CPU and the PCI expansion ports are collectively know as this.
What is the chipset?
Small amount of RAM built directly within the processor that temporarily holds data and instructions that CPU is likely to reuse
What is the Cache?
This is the time delay between when a command is entered and when the data is available.
What is Latency?
ROM Firmware that's the first to run when a computer is started.
What Is BIOS (Basic Input Output System)?
The act of setting the operating frequency or speed of a processor above what its rated for. The trade-offs are an increase in power consumption (heat), fan noise (cooling), and shortened lifespan for the targeted components
What is overclocking?