This type of storage device has a very large memory capacity, is fast, and is relatively cheap.
What is a Hard Drive?
100
This type of port has a higher data transfer rates than serial ports because they are sending multiple bits of information in parallel rather than in series.
What is a parallel port?
100
This component circulates air between the outside of the system case and the inside of the system case.
What is the fan?
100
CPU speed is measured in this.
What is GHz?
100
Volatile memory is computer memory that requires THIS to maintain the stored information?
What is power?
200
This is a type of hard drive with no moving parts, which is usually more expensive.
What is a Solid State Drive?
200
This is an example of an expansion bus used for video cards in modern systems.
What is PCI Express -OR- AGP.
200
This is how you configure the power supply to receive either 110 or 220 volts.
What is the power switch on the power supply?
200
You can do this to make your CPU run faster, but be wary: it can void your warranty and increase heat output.
What is overclocking?
200
This type of memory uses half the number of memory modules as double-sided memory of the same capacity.
What is single-sided memory?
300
This type of storage device uses a reflective surface and optical readers.
What is Optical Media? (Acceptable: CD, DVD)
300
This expansion bus is most commonly used for devices such as sound cards, modems, and network cards.
What is PCI?
300
An ATX power supply converts this type of power to DC?
What is AC power?
300
This refers to placing two processors on a single processor chip or die.
What is multi-core?
300
This memory rating identifies the fastest memory.
What is DDR3?
400
This type of Optical Media has the greatest storage capacity.
What is a Blu-ray disc?
400
This facilitates communication between the processor, memory components, and peripheral devices.
What is the chipset?
400
This is typically used for cooling a chipset.
What is a heat sink?
400
This feature on Intel chips allows a single processor to run threads in parallel, as opposed to the older and slower technology of processing threads linearly.
What is hyper-threading?
400
This type of memory uses two memory controllers, doubles the effective bandwidth over single-channel memory, and must be supported by the motherboard.
What is dual-channel memory?
500
This category of media can be removed without shutting down the computer.
What is hot swappable?
500
This is the routine that tests the motherboard, memory, disk controllers, video, keyboard and other system
hardware.
What is POST?
500
This is the correct order for installing a processor for proper cooling. (Components: fan, thermal paste, CPU, heat sink.)
What is CPU, thermal paste, heat sink, fan?
500
This allows a processor to access frequently used data more quickly than by getting the data from system memory.