RAM RAM
Cables and Connectors
Display Devices
Acronyms
Functions
100

DIMM

What is Double Inline Memory Module?

100
How many pins does the motherboard power connector have?

What is a 20 or 24?

100

Primary output device for computers

What is a monitor?

100

AGP

What is Accelerated Graphics Port?

100

A Control Panel setting used to control when updates do not run.

What is Active Hours?

200

SIMM

What is Single Inline Memory Module?

200

4 pin connector that supplies 5V and 12V for FDD and fans.

What is a Mini?

200

CRT

What is a Cathode Ray Tube?

200

BIOS

What is Basic Input/output System?

200

Win Button + R, type in "msinfo32" in run window, then Run.

What is Information about the hardware components?

300

DDR3 is this much faster than DDR?

What is four times faster?

300

An older 4 pin connector that supplies 5V and 12V IDE drives.

What is a Molex?

300

LCD

What is a Liquid Crystal Display?

300

SATA

What is Serial Advanced Technology Attachment?

300

Provides the ability to view and change the system settings.

What is Control Panel?

400

DDR2 is this much faster than DDR

What is two times faster?

400

L shaped connector that supplies 3.3, 5, and 12Vs to some types of drives.

What is a SATA connector?

400

IPS

What is In-Plane Switching?

400

HDD

What is a Hard Disk Drive?

400

Anti-malware (now with anti-virus capabilities) component of Microsoft Windows 7 & 10.

What is Windows Defender?

500

This DDR RAM type goes in laptops?

What is SoDIMM?

500

This holds high end video cards.

What is a PCIExpress slot?

500

TFT

What is a Thin Film Transistor?

500

PCI

What is Peripheral Component Interconnect?

500

A system tool used to check what programs are running and to quit out of or kill unresponsive programs, or programs that are taking a lot of system resources.

What is Task Manager?