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Hardware Flashcards

1
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Address bus:

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Connects the CPU to the MCC and sends over the location of the data, but not the data itself

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ATA:

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The most common interface that hard drives use to connect to our system.

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ATX (Advanced Technology eXtended

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The most common form factor for motherboards

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BIOS

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Basic Input Output Services, software that helps initialize the hardware in our computer and gets our operating system up and running

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BYOD

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Bring Your Own Device; refers to the practice of allowing people to use their own personal devices for work

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Cache:

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The assigned stored location for recently or frequently accessed data; on a mobile app it is where anything that was changed or created with that app is stored.

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Chipset:

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decides how components talk to each other on our machine.

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Charge Cycle:

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On full charge and discharge of a battery

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Clock cycle

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when you send a voltage to the clock wire

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10
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Clock speed

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the maximum number of clock cycles that it can handle in a set in certain time period.

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Clock wire

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when you send or receive data, it sends a voltage to that clock wire to let the CPU know it can start doing calculations.

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12
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CPU:

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Central processing unit

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13
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CPU sockets

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A CPU socket is a series of p[ins that connect a CPU’s processor to the PC’s motherboard

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14
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Data sizes

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metrics that refer to the data sizes including bit, byte, kilobyte, kibibyte, etc.

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DDR SDRAM

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Double Data Rate SDRAM a type of RAM that is faster, takes up less power, and has a larger capacity than earlier SDRAM versions

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DIMM

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Dual Inline Memory Module

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Display port

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port which also outputs audio and video

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18
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DRAM

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Dynamic Random Access Memory

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Drivers

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The drivers contain the instructions our CPU needs to understand external devices like keyboards, webcams, printers.

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External Data Bus EDB

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a row of wires that interconnect the parts of our computer

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21
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Form factor

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A mathematical way to compensate for irregularities in the shape of an object by using a ratio between its vo0lume and height.

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HDD

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Hard disk drives that use a pinning platter and a mechanical arm to read and write information,.

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HDMI

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a type of cable that outputs both video and audio

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Heatsink

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used to dissipate heat from our CPU

25
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Instruction set

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a list of instructions that our CPU is able to run

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ITX (Information Technology eXtended

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a form factor for motherboards that is much smaller than ATX boards

27
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Lan Grid Array (LGA)

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a type of CPU socket that stick out of the motherboard.

28
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Lightning adaptor

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one of the standard power, data and display connector types used in mobile devices.

29
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Mb/s

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a megabit per second, which is a unit of data transfer rate

30
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Memory controller chip (MCC)

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a bridge between the CPU and the RAM

31
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Micro display port

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One of the standard power, data and display connector types used in mobile devices.

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Micro HDMI

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one of the standard power, data and display connector types used in mobile devices

33
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Micro USB

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one of the standard power, data and display connector types used in mobile devices

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Min HDM

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one of the standard power, data and display connector types used in mobile devices

35
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Mini USB

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one of the standard power, data and display connector types used in mobile devices

36
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Motherboard

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the body or circulatory system of the computer that connects all the pieces together

37
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Northbridge

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interconnects stuff like RAM and video cards

38
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NVMe (NVM express)

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interface standard which allows greater throughput of data and increased efficiency.

39
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Overclocking

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increasing the rate of you CPU clock cycles in order to perform more tasks

40
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PCI Express

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Peripheral Component Interconnect Express

41
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Peripherals

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the external devices which we connect to our computer that add functionality.

42
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Pin Grid Array (PGA):

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CPU socket where the pins are located on the processor itself

43
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Ports

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connection points that we can connect devices to that extend the functionality of our computer

44
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POST

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Power On Self Test, it figures out what hardware is on the ocmputer

45
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Power supply

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converts electricity from our wall outlet onto a format that our computer can use

46
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Programs

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Basic instructions that tell the computer what to do.

47
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Registers

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an accessible location for storing the data that our CPU works with

48
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RMA

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return merchandise authorization the process of receiving returned m3erchandise and authorizing a refund.

49
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Safe operating temperature

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the temperature range in which rechargeable batteries must be kept in order to avoid damage.

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SATA

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the most popular serial ATA drive, which uses one cable for data transfers

51
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SDRAM

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Synchronous DRAM, this type of RAM is synchronized to our systems’ clock speed allowing quicker processing of data.

52
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SSD

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Solid State Drive

53
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Standoffs

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used to raise and attach your motherboard to the case

54
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Thermal paste

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a substance used to better connect our CPU and heat sink

55
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Type-C connector

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a type of USB connector meant to replace many peripheral connections

56
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UEFI

A

Unified Extensible Firmware Interface

57
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USB

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Universal Serial Bus a connection standard for connecting peripherals to devices such as computers

58
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USB-c adapter

A

one of the standard power, data and display connector types used in mobile devices.

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