Motherboard
What is a Motherboard and how does it work?
the main printed circuit board in a computer that acts as the central hub, connecting all components—CPU, RAM, storage, and graphics—together. Other Known as the "Backbone" of the computer
What is a CPU and what does it do?
Central Processing Unit, is the primary component acting as the "brain" of a computer, responsible for executing instructions and processing data for apps, operating systems, and hardware
What is HDD and what does it do?
A typical hard drive contains spinning plater(s) and an actuator arm which moves across the disk to read/write the data
What is Input and Output?
An input device is anything that introduces data into the computer system. An output device is anything that outputs data from the computer.
What are Command Prompts?
a command-line interpreter application used to interact with the operating system by typing text-based commands rather than using a graphical interface.
What do Motherboard ports do?
Connect all PC components together, serving as input/output (I/O) interfaces for data, power, and peripheral devices
What is AMD?
Advanced Micro Devices, is usually known as the cheaper alternative. Ups performance by adding cores in theory would make their CPU’s faster but it also ups the amount of heat generated.
What do Magnetic Storage Devices do?
Converts Data into Magnetic Patterns.
What two main types of connections are there for keyboards?
USB
PS2
What command prompt copies files?
Copy
Which ports connects peripherals such as keyboards, mice, flash drives, and external storage?
USB A/C
What is Intel?
Intel Typically the better preforming CPU Less power consumption (less heat) Faster more Reliable hyperthreading.
What is Low-Level Formatting?
Used to detect bad sectors, these bad sectors will not be used in high-level formatting. This also determines the type of coding to be used on the disk and the sequence.
List and explain the four main types of keyboards?
Mechanical
Membrane
Rubber Dome
Capacitor
What command prompt deletes files?
Which cable connects internal storage devices, including traditional HDDs and 2.5-inch SSDs?
SATA
What are registers and which is considered the fastest smallest, and most expensive?
A small pocket of memory used to temporally store data being used by the CPU, CPU Registers.
What are Partitions?
Dividing the disk into storage areas.
What does ASCII stand for and what is it?
American Standard Code for Information Exchange. A standardized coding system, makes sure that when you hit the M key a M is displayed on the screen.
What command prompt lists files and directories in the current directory?
dir
Which cable is used for add-in cards, such as graphics cards (GPU) in the long x16 slots or Wi-Fi/sound cards in x1 slots?
PCIe Slots (x16 and x1)
What is a CISC?
Complex Instruction Set Computer, can handle more complex instructions (including various different languages) and therefor has a greater number of transistors.
What are the 5 different Disc Interfaces?
PATA/IDE
SATA
eSATA
SCSI
SAS
How is WI-Fi different from Bluetooth?
Wi-Fi follows its own set of protocols while Bluetooth follows protocols of the device.
What command prompt changes the current directory?
cd