What's Inside
Ports
Form Factors
Motherboard
PC types/Misc
100
The CPU, ROM chips, DIMMs, RIMMs, and interface cards are plugged into this?
What is Motherboard?
100
An ATAPI interface standard for hard drives, optical drives, and other drives that uses a narrower
What is SATA
100
A box inside the computer case that receives power and converts it to provide power to the motherboard and other installed devices.
What is the Power supply?
100
This type of card is a circuit board inserted into a slot on the motherboard to enhance the capability of the computer
What is an Expansion card?
100
A portable computer designed for travel.
What is Laptop?
200
The component where almost all processing of data and instructions take place
What is a CPU?
200
A port used by a network cable to connect to the wired network
What is Network Port?
200
The most common form factor for computer systems
What is ATX?
200
A miniature circuit board installed on a motherboard to hold memory
What is DIMM?
200
A low end, inexpensive laptop with a small 9 or 10-inch screen and no optical drive
What is a netbook?
300
In your book the definition states to see central processing unit (CPU)
What is processor?
300
The acronym for USB stands for
What is the Universal Serial Bus?
300
This connector is used by the ATX Version 2.2 power supply and motherboard and provides additional power for PCI express slots
What is 24-pin P1 Connector?
300
Memory modules on the motherboard containing microchips used to temporarily hold data and programs while the CPU processes both
What is RAM?
300
A computer that has the monitor and computer case built together and uses components that are common to both laptop and a desktop computer
What is an All-in-One computer?
400
A piece of metal, with cooling fins, that can be attached to or mounted on an integrated chip package to dissipate heat
What is Heat Sink?
400
A digital audio and video port currently used on televisions and other home theater equipment
What is HDMI port?
400
A smaller version of the ATX form factor
What is MATX Form Factor?
400
The main secondary storage device of a computer
What is a hard drive?
400
You can use this to lock a laptop to a desk
What is a cable lock system?
500
A computer case of any type of computer
What is chassis
500
A port that transmits digital video and audio and is slowly replacing VGA and DVI ports on personal computers.
What is a Displayport?
500
A PCMCIA standard for laptop I/O cards that uses the PCI Express and USB 2.0 data transfer standards
What is an Express card slot?
500
This type of memory is used by the video controller.
What is video memory?
500
An adapter that plugs into a USB port and provides an RJ-45 port for a network cable to connect to a wired network.
What is USB to RJ45 dongle?
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