Motherboard
BIOS/CMOS
InternalHardware
Acronyms
Miscellaneous
100
plastic chip that contains transistors and wires in electronic devices
What is an integrated circuit?
100
Basic Input Output System
What does BIOS stand for?
100
RAM
What connects to the memory slots?
100
Advanced Graphics Port
What does AGP stand for?
100
data input
What is the function of the keyboard and mouse?
200
system board
What is another name for a motherboard?
200
Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
What does CMOS stand for?
200
video card
What is goes in the AGP Slots?
200
Peripheral Component interface
What does PCI stand for?
200
To house all internal hardware
What is the function of the case?
300
is the component that connects all the devices together and allows them to communicate
What is a motherboard?
300
go to bios and boot menu, then change device boot priority
How do you change your boot priority?
300
adding USB port, sound cards, wireless cards, etc
What is the expansion bus used for?
300
NIC cards
What is the acronym for netword cards?
300
Display information
The monitor's function is to...?
400
Memory Slots, CMOS battery, BIOS settings, AGP slots, Expansion bus, IDE controller, CPU slot, Floppy drive controller, Heat sync and fan
Name 5 components on the motherboard.
400
it saves your bios settings
What is the job of the CMOS battery?
400
IDE ribbon cables and SATA cables
Name the two types of cables that connect hard drives and CD-ROMs to the motherboard?
400
Alternating current
What does AC stand for?
400
to convert AC electricity to DC electricity
What is the power suppy's main function?
500
CPU
What is the most expensive component for internal hardware?
500
bios settings, boot menu, ide configurations
How do you get to the IDE configurations?
500
the green light is on the floppy disk drive
How do you know that the floppy drive cable is incorrectly connected to the motherboard?
500
Direct current
What does DC stand for?
500
hard drive, flash drive, floppy disk, RAM, CD/DVD/Blu Ray,
Give 4 examples of memory devices.
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