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Multicore Processors
Acronyms
Random
100

A four letter phrase to know how to use a fire extinguisher.

What is PASS?

100

One of the two distinct types of instruction sets that CPU's may use.

What is RISC/CISC?

100

Six cores inside a single CPU.

What is Hexa-core CPU?

100
This is what BIOS stands for.

What is basic input/output system?

100

This is what RAID stands for.

What is Redundant Arrays of Independent Disks?

200

Drive size is 3.5 inches.

What is Card/Media Reader?

200

This is how voltage is equal to the current multiplied by the resistance/V = IR.

What is Ohm’s law?

200

One core inside of a single CPU that handles all the processing.

What is Single core CPU?

200

This is what UPS stands for.

What is Uninterruptible Power Supplies?

200

This is one of four level of access.

What is no access/view only access/limited access/full access?

300

traditional HDD speed indicated/measured.

What is Revolution per minute or RPM?

300

This is one of CPU's cooling mechanism.

What is Case Fan/CPU Heat sink/CPU FAN/Graphics Card Cooling System/Water Cooling System?

300

This Processor has two or more processors on the same integrated circuit.

What is Multicore processors

300

This is what POST stands for.

What is power-on self-test?

300

This RAID type stores duplicate data on one or more other drives.

What is Mirroring?

400

This cable is common with HDD, SSD, and Optical Drive.

What is SATA Cable?

400

This sets your CPU speed higher than it is originally designed.

What is Overclocking?

400

This is a chip that performs the rapid mathematical calculations required to render graphics.

What is GPU/Graphics Processing Unit?

400

This is what CISC stands for.

What is Complex Instruction Set Computer?

400

Three cores inside a single CPU.

What is triple core CPU?

500

This part of the chipset controls RAM, video, and CPU communication speed.

What is Northbridge?

500

These are the four measurements that is related to a computer.

What is Voltage, Resistance, Current, and Power

500

This component is shared between the processors because the cores reside on the same chip.

What is RAM?

500

This is what RISC stands for.

What is Reduced Instruction Set Computer?

500

Two types of AC power fluctuations out of 5.

What is Blackout/Brown out/Spike/Power Surge/noise?