ADDITIONAL Flashcards
POSITION OF A COMPUTER THAT RETRIEVES OR EXECUTE INSTRUCTIONS
CPU SLOT
4 MAIN FUNCTIONS OF CPU
-FETCH
-DECODE
-EXECUTE
-STORE WRITE
ALLOW DATA TO BE ACCESSED OR READ DIRECTLY FROM MEMORY
RAM
INTEL CHIP FOR MANAGING THE BASIC FORM OF INPUT/OUTPUT
SOUTH BRIDGE
ACTS AS BRIDGE FOR SOUTH BRIDGE TO COMMUNICATE WITH CPU, RAM, AND GRAPHICS CARDS
NORTH BRIDGE
ALSO KNOWN AS FIRMWIRE
ROM
3 TYPES OF CPU COOLING FAN
-air cooling
-liquid cooling
-water/cooler
DEFINED AS HOW DATA TRANSFERRED BETWEEN AS COMPUTERS’ MOTHERBOARD AND MASS STORAGE DEVICE
SATA
USED TO CONNECT SECONDARY STORAGE DEVICES SUCH AS FDD, HDD, ODD
PATA
HARDWARE IN A COMPUTING DEVICE WIRE
RAM
STORES PERMANENT DATA
ROM
TO ATTACH KEYBOARD, PRINTER, AND EXTERNAL STORAGE
UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS