MoBo Special
ATX size
What is 12" x 9.6"?
BIOS
What is the Basic Input-Output System?
USB
What is the Universal Serial Bus?
SATA
What is Serial Advanced Technology Attachment?
Turning off the computer
What is shutdown?
This 4-pin connector connects a PATA drive to the power supply
What is a Molex connector?
This chip coordinates communication between the faster components of the computer
What is Northbridge?
VGA
What is the Video Graphics Array connector?
PATA
What is Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment?
This coin-size battery supplies power to a critical startup component on the motherboard.
What is the Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor?
microATX size
What is 9.6" x 9.6"?
ZIF
What is the Zero Insertion Force bracket?
DVI
What is the Digital Video Interface connector?
IDE
What is Integrated Drive Electronics, aka PATA drive?
UEFI
What is Unified Extensible Firmware Interface?
This coin-size battery supplies power to a critical startup component on the motherboard.
What is the CMOS (complimentary metal-oxide semiconductor)?
This chip coordinates communication between the slower components of the computer
What is Southbridge?
HDMI
What is High Definition Multimedia Interface?
DVD
What is a Digital Video/Visual Disc?
Something you must turn off before you put your hands in the case
What is the electricity or power?
MiniITX size
What is a 6.7" x 6.7"?
Chips or expansion cards working out of a socket
What is chip creep?
S/PDIF
What is Sony/Philips Digital InterFace?
SSD
What is a Solid State Drive?
BIOS?
What is Basic Input-Output System?