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Question 1

Firmware is the name given to any software encoded in hardware. p24

Answer 1

The best example is the BIOS chip,and some expansion cards:SCSI cards.

Question 2

What is the BIOS. p24

Answer 2

BASIC INPUTE/ OUTPUT SYSTEM, allows the operating system to interact with certain hardware in the compute.r.

Question 3

What is the POST.P26

Answer 3

It is a series of system checks performed by the BIOS and other components such as the SCSI BIOS and video bios.

Question 4

WHAT DOES THE CMOS DO??P28

Answer 4

It overrides the default information in the BIOS.

Question 5

Wen u flash the BIOS, what are you doing?p27

Answer 5

Giving it an upgrade.

Question 6

What does the POST take care of? p26

Answer 6

Verifies the intergity of the BIOS,and confirms the size of primary memory.

Question 7

What does DIP stand for? p28

Answer 7

dual inline package.

Question 8

what is hyperthreading? p32

Answer 8

a form of simultaneous multithreading.

Question 9

what another name for the core. p33

Answer 9

a die

Question 10

what is cpu throttling? p33

Answer 10

reading the operating frequency of the cpu.

Question 11

what does the reset button do? p29

Answer 11

a way to reboot the computer.

Question 12

whats a jumper for? p28

Answer 12

more ancillary purposes, such as clearing the CMOS.

Question 13

whats on the front panel of the computer? p29

Answer 13

a power button,power light,reset button, drive activity lights,etc.

Question 14

does the motherboard supply the connectivity to the Drive activity light, YES OR NO. p30

Answer 14

yes

Question 15

what is throttling? p34

Answer 15

it reduces the operating frequency(MHZ or GHZ)

Question 16

WHATS virtualization support?p35

Answer 16

eases the burden on the system that software-based virtualization.

Question 17

does the BIOS allow the operating system to interact with certain hardware. Yes or No p24

Answer 17

yes

Question 18

What does CMOS stand for? p28

Answer 18

complementary metal oxide semiconductor.

Question 19

Is there a CMOS battery? yes or no

Answer 19

yes

Question 20

CMOS p27

Answer 20

it keeps the setting for the time,date, memory,cpu setting as overclocking.

Question 21

CPU purpuse.p31

Answer 21

it controls and directs all the activities of the computer using both external and internal buses.

Question 22

CPU two kinds. p31

Answer 22

PGA:ping grid array, and LGA: land grid array.

Question 23

USB CONNECTIVITY. P30

Answer 23

flash drives, cameras etc.

Question 24

audio jacks.p30

Answer 24

todays motherboards have 10-position pin headers designed to connect to standardized front panel audio modules.

Question 25

GPU? P36

Answer 25

Graphics processing units