Case and power supplies
This computer case is horizontally oriented on the user's desk.
what is a Horizontal case?
This laptop expansion slot has Type I, Type II, and Type III form factors.
How many form factors dose a Mini-PCI have?
Read-only memory chips.
What is ROM?
Connects to the motherboard.
What is A 20-pin or 24-pin slotted connector?
This is considered the brain of the computer.
What is a Central Processing unit?
This vertically-oriented case is typically located on the floor under, or beside, a desk or table.
What is a Full Size Tower?
This expansion slot has x1, x4, x8, and x16 slots.
How many slots dose a PCIe have?
Older technology, popular until the mid-1990s
what is Dynamic RAM?
Connects hard drives, optical drives, or other devices.
what is a Molex keyed connector?
This is a temporary location to store data and applications.
what is RAM?
This is the original power supply for legacy computer systems now considered obsolete.
What is Advanced Technology (AT)?
This adapter sends a video signal to a computer so that the signal can be recorded.
What does a Capture card do?
These chips cannot be erased and can only be programmed once.
what is PROM?
Connects disk drives; is wider and thinner than a Molex connector
What is a SATA keyed connector?
These provide locations to connect additional components.
What are Expansion slots?
This was originally designed for network servers but is now commonly used in high-end desktop models.
what is EPS12V?
This is a card that adds additional expansion slots to a computer.
What is the use of a Riser?
What Requires constant power to function, Often used for cache memory and Uses lower power consumption?
What is Static RAM?
Connect to legacy floppy drives. Smaller than a Molex connector.
What is a Berg keyed connector?
This consists of the integrated circuits on the motherboard that control how system hardware interacts with the CPU and motherboard.
What is a Chipset?
This is the updated version of the AT but still considered to be obsolete.
what is AT Extended (ATX)?
Connects a computer to a network using radio frequencies.
What is the definition of Wireless NIC?
Electrically erasable programmable read-only.
what is EEPROM?
Connector has two rows of three to four pins and supplies power to internal components?
What is a 6/8-pin PCIe power connector?
BIOS is used to help boot the computer and manage the flow of data between the hard drive, video card, keyboard, mouse, and more. In modern computers BIOS has been replaced by UEFI.
What is a Basic input/output system chip and Unified Extensible Firmware Interface chip?