The power supply supplies the electrical power for a computer.
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What is the mother board?
The motherboard is like a big city with many streets and highways that connect all of the buildings together
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How many memory modules does the memory have?
A memory module has several memory chips. The computer uses this memory constantly to temporarily store information, (or data), while it is working with it.
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What are drive bays?
Drive bays are where the computer's drives are installed. CD-ROM and DVD-ROM drives can only play disks. CD R/RW and DVD R/RW drives can both play and record to disks.
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What is a microprocessor?
The microprocessor, (also called the central processing unit), is the brain of the computer.
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What does the power supply do?
It supplies power to the motherboard, drives, and some expansion cards.
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What do buses do?
Buses work just like highways. Wider highways and highways with more lanes are able to carry more traffic than smaller highways and highways with less lanes.
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What happens when you have too much memory in your computer?
If a computer has a lot of memory, it can store more temporary information and operate faster. People with good memories also "store" more information and do things faster, because they don't waste a lot of time trying to remember things.
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What are these drivers called?
These drives are normally called "burners." You can erase and record again with RW disks, but R disks will only allow you to record one time.
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What does the central processor do?
The central processing unit, (or CPU), with its level 1 cache memory, contains the control unit and the arithmetic/logic unit, both working together as a team to process the computer's commands.
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How many fans does the power supply have?
It normally has at least one fan that helps to cool the power supply and also helps to cool the computer.
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What is the chipset?
Like a traffic cop, the chipset manages and directs the flow of information between each item. The BIOS is where the computer's settings are stored and changed.
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What do hard drives do?
Hard drives and removable disks are used to store information that needs to be saved permanently.
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Do hard drivers have larger storage then drive bays?
Hard drives have larger storage areas than the other drives. Their disks are sealed and cannot be removed. The hard drive is where the computer's operating system, (like Windows XP), is kept.
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What are the 4 steps of the machine cycle?
These 4 steps, (fetch, decode, execute, and store), are what's called the "machine cycle" of a computer. Newer computers can complete over 3 billion of these each and every second!
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What do other power supply's have?
What do other power supply's have?Some power supplies have an additional outlet on the back that can be used to provide power to the monitor.
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Instead of streets and highways, the motherboard uses tiny electrical paths to connect everything together, what is that called? These paths are called "buses."
These paths are called "buses."
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Are memory modules affective?
Memory modules come in several different sizes. Each is able to hold different amounts of data. Everything stored on a memory module is erased as soon as the computer is turned off.
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What is the difference between a hard drive and memory?
Sometimes people confuse the hard drive with memory, but the hard drive does not have anything to do with memory. It is for storage only.
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What is the CPU?
The clock driver is also inside of the CPU. It is what sets the pace for the computer.
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What do modern power supply's have?
Most modern desktop personal computer power supplies conform to the ATX specification, which includes form factor and voltage tolerances.
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Are more buses a good thing?
The more buses that connect to something, the faster it can operate.
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What is the memory?
Memory refers to the computer hardware devices used to store information for immediate use in a computer. it is a "primary storage". Computer memory operates at a high speed, for example random-access memory (RAM), as a distinction from storage that provides slow-to-access program and data storage but offers higher capacities.
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What is a zip and floppy drive?
Floppy drives do not hold very much information, but they are handy to use for smaller files. Zip drives and tape drives are good to use for backing up a lot of files. Drives with removable disks are handy for taking files to other computers.
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What does the CPU need?
The CPU needs a fan and heat sink to keep from getting too hot.