MoBo
A ROM chip on the motherboard that contains a small program to control the communication between the operating system and the hardware.
What is BIOS?
A chip designed to secure hardware by storing encryption keys, digital certificates, passwords, and data specific to the host system for hardware authentication.
What is TPM (Trusted Platform Module)?
A CPU architecture that uses a relatively small set of instructions.
What is Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC)?
A term that describes one of the fundamental relationships found in electronic circuits: for a given resistance, current is directly proportional to voltage.
What is Ohm's Law?
A technology to store data across multiple storage devices for availability, reliability, capacity, redundancy, or performance improvement.
What is Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID)?
The process to check main hardware components of the computer when it starts.
What is POST?
A UEFI security standard that ensures that a computer only boots an OS that is trusted by the motherboard manufacturer.
What is secure boot?
A CPU architecture that uses a broad set of instructions, resulting in fewer steps per operation.
What is Complex Instruction Set Computer (CISC)?
A term to indicate the complete loss of AC power.
What is a blackout?
A storage device connected to a network that allows storage and retrieval of data from a centralized location for authorized network users and heterogeneous clients.
What is a NAS?
A memory chip on the motherboard that retains BIOS settings
What is CMOS?
A computer bus interface for connecting ATA hard drives and other storage devices to the motherboard inside a computer.
What is Serial ATA (SATA)?
A technique used to make a processor work at a faster speed than its original specification.
What is overclocking?
A term to describe the interference on a power line from generators and lightning.
What is noise?
A RAID type that enables data to be distributed across multiple drives without redundancy, also called RAID 0
What is RAID striping?
A program that enhances the BIOS by specifying a new model for the interface.
What is UEFI?
A chip that performs the rapid mathematical calculations required to render graphics.
What is a graphics processing unit (GPU)?
A technique used when the processor runs at less than the rated speed in order to conserve power or produce less heat?
What is CPU throttling?
A term that describes the state of reduced voltage level of AC power that lasts for a period of time.
What is a brownout?
A RAID type that provides basic error checking and fault tolerance by storing checksums separately from data, also called RAID 5.
What is RAID with parity?
A BIOS/UEFI security feature that consists of two programs; the Persistence Module and the Application Agent.
What is LoJack?
A high-speed connection between the CPU and the Northbridge chip.
HyperTransport
A CPU technology that enables multiple pieces of code (threads) to be executed simultaneously.
What is Hyper-Threading?
A term to describe a sudden increase in voltage that lasts for a short period and exceeds 100 percent of the normal voltage on a power line.
What is a Spike?
A standard for connecting peripheral and storage devices in a daisy-chain fashion.
What is Small Computer Systems Interface (SCSI)?