Hardware
A 15 pin D-subminiature connector used for video.
What is a VGA?
This type of cable would be appropriate to install into the ceiling crawlspace
What is a Plenum-rated cable?
A legacy connection used primarily for printers.
What is a parallel port?
This is the "device" that the computer loads the operating system from.
What is the boot device?
What you would commonly find in the first sector of a storage device
What is the MBR or Master Boot Record?
This is considered the "brains" of the computer.
What is the CPU?
The default subnet mask of a Class C address
What is 255.255.255.0?
A printer requiring manual alignment and an ink ribbon.
What is an impact printer?
Abbreviated as "BIOS" this is the computer's firmware which enable basic computer functions.
What is the Basic Input/Output System?
Optical storage that can hold a maximum of 8.5 GB.
What is a Dual-layer Single-Sided DVD?
The type of very high-speed RAM utilized in a CPU cache.
What is SRAM?
A service that resolves MAC address to IP address
What is ARP?
A components that uses heat and compression to apply the toner onto the page.
What is a fuser assembly?
A set of steps completed during a cold boot process and tests core hardware, video systems, and main memory
What is the POST?
An GPT (GUID Partition Table) drive can allow up to ____ partitions.
What is 128?
It is often referred to as the memory controller hub. It handles the 3 major components on the motherboard. (CPU, GPU, RAM)
What is the Northbridge Chipset?
Used to automate the assignment and management of IP address configuration settings.
What is DHCP?
The part of a laser printer that applies a positive charge to the paper.
What is the corona (something)?
A command and a switch that is used in the Windows recovery environment to fix "missing boot record" errors.
What is BOOTREC /FIXBOOT?
This external hard drive interface provide the fastest throughput.
What is eSATA?
An expansion slot that provides the highest throughput for graphics cards.
What is PCIe?
A command and switch used to wipe the cache of IP addresses which you have recently accessed.
What is ipconfig /flushdns?
The sentence that Sean told us. It would help us remember the order of the printing process.
What is Develops to the drum, Transfers to the paper?
This is generally the best source to find BIOS updates.
What is the PC manufacturer's website?
The transfer rate of SATA 3.2 is ____
What is 16 Gbps?