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Absolute Central Processing Unit
100
This converts AC power from the wall to DC power for the computer.
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What is a power supply (PSU)?
100
This sits on top of the CPU and helps move heat away.
What is a heat sink?
100
These two devices store data even when the computer is turned off.
What is a hard drive or SSD?
100
This is the short-term memory that is erased when the computer shuts down.
What is RAM (Random Access Memory)?
100
This component is known as the “brain” of the computer.
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What is the CPU?
200
This feature allows unused cables to be removed to improve airflow.
What is a modular power supply?
200
This type of cooling uses fans and airflow.
What is air cooling?
200
These drives are faster and have no moving parts.
What is an SSD (solid state drive)?
200
This newer type of RAM supports very high speeds and capacities.
What is DDR5?
200
These four steps make up the CPU’s instruction cycle.
What is fetch, decode, execute, write-back?
300
PSUs are rated by this unit of measurement.
What is watts (W)?
300
This paste improves heat transfer between the CPU and the heat sink.
What is thermal paste?
300
This type of drive uses spinning platters and read/write heads.
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What is an HDD (hard disk drive)?
300
This special RAM can detect and correct memory errors.
What is ECC RAM?
300
This allows one core to process two threads at once.
What is Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT)?
400
This rating means a PSU is at least 80% energy efficient.
What is 80 PLUS?
400
This advanced cooling system uses water and pumps.
What is liquid cooling?
400
This type of RAID duplicates data for fault tolerance.
What is RAID 1?
400
This setup uses two memory channels for faster performance.
What is dual-channel memory?
400
ARM CPUs use this kind of instruction set.
What is RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computing)?
500
These power supplies are found in servers and keep systems running if one unit fails.
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What are redundant power supplies?
500
These devices can be removed and replaced without shutting down the system.
What are hot-swappable fans or PSUs?
500
This removable device plugs into USB ports and stores data.
What is a flash drive (USB drive)?
500
This form of memory is used in laptops and is smaller than DIMMs.
What is SODIMM?
500
Intel uses this type of socket with pins on the motherboard.
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What is LGA (Land Grid Array)?