Lesson 2 Chapter 1 - Desktop PC Basics Flashcards
What is a desktop thick client? What doesn’t it need?
A thick client is a workstation that is able to do most of the heavy lifting required by a user mostly without a network connection.
Can be multi-purpose and stand-alone.
What are the 3 Thick Client basics?
- Doesn’t rely on network connectivity
- Is a complete system with its own OS and applications
- Meets or exceeds minimum OS requirements
What are 7 important components for a high-end gaming PC?
- Powerful GPU
- Lots of VRAM
- Latest CPU
- SSD
- Optimized game controller
- HD sound card
- High-end water cooling rig
What are 5 things needed for a Design workstation PC?
- As much RAM as possible
- Fast CPU
- TBs of storage
- Professional software
- Several HQ monitors
What are control surfaces when it comes to audio/video editing workstations?
They’re specialized input devices that mimic older analog mixing consoles. Vary in size.
Has a large number of programmable inputs to control software faster and easier than a mouse and keyboard.
What are 6 things an audio/video workstation might need?
- HQ audio adapter
- Video capture device
- Fast CPU
- Lots of RAM
- Control surfaces
- Several HQ monitors
What is a virtualization workstation?
A virtualization workstation runs multiple instances of different OS on a single machine
What are the 2 main things needed for a virtualization workstation?
- Lots of RAM
- Powerful CPU with many cores
What is a thin client?
A thin client relies heavily on network connectivity to accomplish tasks and is more single-purpose
A system designed to outsource most of its work
What’s 2 examples of a thin client?
- Cash registers, feed into inventory database and payment processing systems
- Office workstations that access OS running on a central server (on-site or cloud)
What are the 3 basics of a thin client?
- May be single-use, stores only basic applications
- Relies on network connectivity, good for devices that feed into a centralized database
- Meets minimum OS requirements
Since some thin clients don’t have storage drives sometimes, then how do they boot?
They’re configured to boot from the network. On boot up, the network adapter starts at the same time to load OS from a server on a network
What is a server? How is it accessed?
A server is a computer (any computer) running software that can be accessed by other computers through the network
Where are servers usually located and what do they look like? Do they have peripherals?
Located in server closets, data centers, rooms, etc
They look like a wide, thin computer inserted into a server rack.
They don’t have any peripherals as their clients are other computers.
What are the 3 basics of a server?
- Can be any computer
- Runs software that provides resources to other computers over a network
- Computers with a server role don’t look like typical personal computers
