Also known as Double Data Rate 3 SDRAM expands memory bandwidth by doubling the clock rate of DDR2 SDRAM.
What is DDR3?
100
Although this refers specifically to the display hardware first introduced by IBM in 1987, through its widespread adoption it has also come to mean an analog computer display standard.
What is a Video Graphics Array (VGA) adapter?
100
This type of connector connects an internal solid state drive to the motherboard.
What is a SATA cable?
100
This type of storage device stores information on magnetic disks.
What is a Hard Disk Drive (HDD)?
100
Electricity from wall outlets is provided in this type of current.
What is Alternating Current?
200
Information is written to this type of chip when it is manufactured.
What is ROM?
200
This type of connector connects the power to the motherboard.
What is a 20-pin or 24-pin slotted connector?
200
This type of adapter connects a computer to a network using a network cable
What is the network interface card? (NIC)
200
The function of this component is to pull heat away from the CPU.
What is the CPU heatsink?
200
All components inside a computer require this type of electric current.
What is direct current (DC)?
300
Adding more of this will enhance the system performance of a computer
What is RAM?
300
This type of connector connects an SSD to the motherboard.
What is a SATA cable?
300
This "bridge" allows the CPU to communicate with hard drives, USB ports and expansion slots
What is the Southbridge?
300
This is the function of a power supply.
What is to convert AC power to DC power?
300
Electrical current (A measure of the amount of electrons moving through a circuit per second) is measured in this.
What is Amperes or Amps (A)
400
This type of memory is a smaller, more condensed version of DIMM that provides random access data storage that is ideal for use in laptops, printers, and other devices where conserving space is desirable.
What is SODIMM?
400
This type of connector is also referred to as a 6-pin mini-DIN and was used to connect a keyboard or mouse to a computer.
What is a PS/2 Port?
400
This "Bridge" controls high speed access to the RAM and video card
What is the Northbridge.
400
This consists of the integrated circuits on the motherboard that control how system hardware interacts with the CPU and motherboard.
What is the chipset?
400
This, measured in Watts (W), is a measure of the work required to move electrons through a circuit multiplied by the number of electrons going through that circuit per second. (VxI)
What is Power? (computer power supplies are rated in watts)
500
What type of memory is cache memory?
A. DDR
B. SoDIMM
C. ECC
D. SRAM
What is SRAM
500
This uses the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 1394 standard and is also known as i.Link
What is firewire?
500
the wires on a motherboard that move data from one part of a computer to another
What is the Bus?
500
What is one of the factors that must be considered when replacing old RAM modules in a PC?
What is the new ram must be compatible with the motherboard or the speed of the RAM must be compatible with the chipset?
500
The basic equation that expresses how voltage is equal to the current multiplied by the resistance (V=IR)?