A integrated circuit within a microprocessor that performs arithmetic and logic operations.
What is the ALU
100
A type of non-volatile computer storage chip that can be electrically erased and reprogrammed.
What is flash memory
100
A newer connection specification for transferring data between the motherboard and storage devices in serial mode, one bit per time, resulting in more efficient and reliable transfers.
What is SATA
100
Older slot design, designed specifically for graphics support. These slots are typically brown.
What is AGP (accelerated graphics port)
200
A printed circuit board that can be inserted into an expansion slot of a computer motherboard to add functionality to a computer.
What is expansion slot
200
Refers to frequency at which a CPU is running; normally determined by the frequency of an oscillator crystal.
What is clock rate
200
A memory chip used for the main memory of a microcomputer. Application software will both store and retrieve information from this type of chip.
What is RAM
200
A group of integrated circuits, or chips, that are designed to work together; usually marketed as a single product.
What is a chipset
300
A channel or path for transferring data and electrical signals.
What is a data bus
300
A register in a CPU in which intermediate arithmetic and logic results are stored.
What is the accumulator
300
A peripheral device used for backups that allows only sequential access to data.
What is a tape drive
300
A device attached to a host computer but not part of it, and is more or less dependent on the host's capabilities, but does not form part of the core computer architecture.
What is a peripheral
300
A group of integrated circuits, or chips, that are designed to work together; usually marketed as a single product.
What is chipset
400
The main circuit board or backbone of a computer system.
What is a Motherboard
400
The portion of a computer system that carries out the instructions of a computer program and is the primary element carrying out the computer's function.
What is the CPU
400
A memory chip on which a series of instructions have been permanently stored.
What is ROM
400
A small , but fast memory that transparently improves the performance of a larger, but slower memory or storage device.
What is cache
500
A connection specification which defines a data cable, data connector and hard drive controller architecture.
What is ATA
500
A small amount of storage available as part of a CPU or other digital processor; addressed by mechanisms other than main memory and can be accessed more quickly.
What is register
500
A data storage device that uses integrated circuit assemblies as memory to store data persistently this device does not contain moving mechanical components.
What is Solid State Drive (SSD)
500
A unit of the computer that converts mains AC to low-voltage regulated DC for the power of all the computer components.
What is the power supply
500
Software built in the PC and first software run by a PC when powered on. The fundamental purpose of it is to initialize and test the system hardware components, and to load an operating system or other program from a mass memory device.