PC Parts
This component is often called the "brain" of the compute
What is the CPU (Central Processing Unit)?
This is the type of software that manages a computer's hardware and provides services for applications.
What is an operating system?
Micro ATX is
9.6 x 9.6 in
192.168.1.3 - What type of IP address?
IPv4
From the outside of a computer case, how can you tell what expansion cards are installed in a PC?
This component holds the CPU, RAM, and other components, connecting them all together.
What is the motherboard?
Mobile OS that works with Apple devices, known for Siri, Facetime, the notch, and the App Store.
iOS
Mini ITX is
6.7 x 6.7 in
The IEEE standard for Wireless (Wi-Fi)
802.11
What is the bit width of PCIe 1.0 x16?
16
What does RAM stand for?
What is Random Access Memory?
Single-user, multitasking Created by Apple for their hardware. Minimal virus problems. More Expensive. Features include the Finder, Mission Control, and the Dock.
Mac OS
This MOBO is 12 x 13 inches, has more room for extra slots, and is also known as SSI EEB.
E-ATX
FEDC:BA98:7654:3210:0800:200C:00CF:1234 - What type of ip address?
IPv6
What is the bit width of PCIe 3.1 x8?
This is a long-term storage device, a modern version of which is called an SSD.
What is a hard drive?
The latest openSUSE version is called ___________ because it has "rolling" updates.
Tumbleweed
ATX is
12 x 9.6 in
This Ethernet cable has a maximum bandwidth of 10 Gbps (or 10000 Mbps)
Cat 6
Maximum theoretical bandwidth for a PCIe slot correlates directly to the bit width (x4 is four times greater than x1). Given the bandwidth of PCIe x16 1.0 is 4,000 MB/s, what is the bandwidth of PCIe x1 1.0?
250 MB/s
This provides the visual output for your computer
What is the graphics card (or GPU)?
A popular Linux distribution that resembles the design of Windows, it uses alliterative animals like Groovy Gorilla for codenames of it's updates.
Ubuntu
Typically custom made and designed to take advantage of limited space. They are available in a variety of shapes, commonly cubes, shoebox, and book sized PCs. Used in industrial computers like hospital vital sign monitors.
Small Form Factor (SFF)
The amount of data that is actually transferred over a network during a given time.
Throughput
Max bandwidth for a PCIe slot correlates directly to the bit width (x4 is four times greater than x1). Given the bandwidth of PCIe x4 3.0 is 4,000 MB/s, what is the bandwidth of PCIe x16 3.0?
16000 MB/s