What is RAM (Random Access Memory) & ROM (Read-Only Memory) pg. 195
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What ATA specification has the master/slave jumpers?
What is ATA Original (1)
Pg. Quiz 6
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These are the memory “sticks” that are installed into the slots of a motherboard...
What are Memory modules are the memory “sticks” that are installed into the slots of a moth- erboard.
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After information has been processed and stored in RAM, What is used to you store this information for a extended/longer periods of time on your PC?
What is the hard drive
pg. 195
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This diagnostic feature is used with ATA hard drives.
What is S.M.A.R.T
pg. Quiz 6
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This technique is used to transfer data directly from the hard disk to memory.
What are tracks
pg. Unit 6 Quiz
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What can you do to add a host adapter on the motherboard o and older system?
What is install an SATA host adapter card
pg. 213
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.............. refers to several factors used to calculate the capacity of a hard drive. These factors include the following:
■ The number of sectors per track
■ The number of read/write heads
■ The number of cylinders
What is Hard drive geometry
pg. 214
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This is is used for programs and data, and by the operating system for disk caching....
What is What is RAM (Random Access Memory)
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List the a part of a hard drive’s geometry that is not part of?
What is rotational speed
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This is the most important storage device used by a personal computer that stores the operating system (Windows, Linux, or others) and load it into the computer’s memory (RAM) at startup
What is Hard Drives
pg. 204
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What information must be provided by the BIOS in order to configure the PATA drives controlled by the motherboard?
What are
■ Hard drive geometry
■ Data transfer rate
■ Logical Block Addressing (LBA) translation
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This is a method for creating a faster or safer single logical hard disk drive from two or more physical drives.
What is RAID (redundant array of inexpensive drives)
pg. 218
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This type of RAM that does not need to be refreshed?
What is stactic
pg. 198
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Many recent computers include a 10/100 or 10/100/1000 Ethernet port or a Wireless Ethernet (WLAN) adapter and you often need to install this... into the computer you want to add to the network
What is a (NIC) Network Interface Card
pg. Quiz 6
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What are the the most common types of hard disk interfaces in current PCs
What are Serial ATA (SATA) and Parallel ATA (PATA). PATA is also known as ATA/IDE
pg. 205
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This ATA specification requires use of 80-wire/40-pin cable with UDMA 66?
What is ATA 5
pg. 208
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What ATA and SATA RAID (data storage) uses striping?
and boosts performance, but if either drive fails, all data is lost?
What is RAID 0
pg. 218
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Which type of RAM that is not used frequently today?
What is Rambus
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What two module sockets have an improved keying mechanism and a better locking mechanism compared to SIMMs.
What is DIMM and Rambus RDRAM
pg. 202
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PIO stands for............. The higher the PIO mode number, the higher the data transfer rate from the hard drive and the CPU. UDMA stands for Ultra DMA (Direct Memory Access). This is a protocol for transmitting
What is program input/out & Ultra Direct Memory Access
pg.207
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What should be done when installing a drive after you make sure the system detects the hard disk?
What is the save changes to the CMOS setup , perform a system reboot, and prepare the drive for use.
pg. 215
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Both CD and DVD drives store data in a continuous spiral of indentations called ....... and ....... on the nonlabel side of the media from the middle of the media outward to the edge