Motherboard
Power Connectors
USBS
PSU Protection
Acronyms
100

Northbridge chipset uses?

High speed components and to take load off of cpu

100

The main connector that supply's power to the motherboard

ATX power connector

100

When was the first USB connector made

1996

100

what is the most basic protection for psu's

surge protector

100

what does USB stand for

Universal Serial bus

200

Southbridge chipset uses

low speed components

200

Connector that supplies power to cpu.

EPS connector

200

What is the first USB connector

usb 1.0

200

what do surge protectors do

protect components against surges

200

What does ATX stand for

Advanced Technology Extended

300

What is a bus

collection of resistors

300

Power connector that connects to storage devices

SATA

300

who made the USB 1.0

IBM, Intel, and others

300

what is a PSU used for

supplying power to a computer

300

What does PSU stand for

Power Supply Unit

400

how many types of pcie slots are there?

4 types

400

4 pin connector that is used for Floppy disks

Berg connector

400

Whats the transfer speed of USB 4.0

40 gbps

400

what is a UPS

Uninterrupted power supply

400

What does CPU stand for

Central Processing Unit

500

What is the most common form factor for a motherboard

ATX

500

Connector that powers PATA drives

Molex

500

when was USB 4.0 made

2019

500

why would you want to use a ups

to protect against black outs

500

What does GPU stand for

Graphical Processing Unit