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Terms
100
What does RAM stand for?
What is Random Access Memory
100
What does BIOS stand for?
What is Basic Input-Output System
100
What network is the least secure?
What is Hub
100
Ethernet usually uses a ______ connector.
What is RJ-45
100
Device/medium for temporary storage of programs and data during program execution.
What is Memory
200
A special kind of memory stick for laptops is called a(n)...
What is SO-DIMM?
200
What does CMOS stand for?
What is Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
200
What type of disc has the highest storage capacity?
What is Blu-Ray
200
A windows ______ enables single sign-on.
What is Domain
200
Binary instruction code that is understood by the CPU.
What is Machine Language
300
Unlike regular DRAM, _______ enables error checking and correcting.
What is ECC RAM
300
The combination of a specific Northbridge and a specific ______ is collectively referred to as the ______.
What is Southbridge and Chipset
300
What requires a POTS line?
What is Modem
300
Windows 7 enables sharing of libraries using...
What is Homegroups
300
All of the machine-language commands that a particular CPU is designed to understand.
What is Instruction set
400
Systems automatically detect new RAM by polling the module's _______ chip.
What is Serial Presence Detect
400
What would likely result in a POST beep code message?
What is video card not seated properly.
400
Internet mail accounts receive incoming messages usually from which port?
What is 110
400
What kind of frame gets received by all NICs in a LAN?
What is Broadcast
400
When a multicore CPU processes more than one thread.
What is Parallel Execution
500
How fast does the fastest versions of DDR RAM run at?
What is 4.8 GBps
500
What two big companies control the majority of BIOS writing?
What is American Megatrends (AMI) and Phoenix Technologies.
500
What cable type carries an analog video signal across three separate physical channels?
What is Component
500
What mathematical algorithm do most frames use?
What is Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC)
500
Provides the speed signals for the CPU and the rest of the system.
What is System Crystal