Motherboard 3.4 Flashcards
printed circuit board contains computer components and provides connectors
Motherboard
Process of accepting data in a form that the computer can use
Input
Process of displaying the processed data or info
Output
Actions performed by the CPU when receiving info
Processing
process of saving or retaining digital data, temporarily or permanently
Storage
non persistent
Temporary storage
Persistent
Permanent storage
fast speed
Volatile storage
slow speed
non volatile storage
Full size motherboard
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX)
smaller than ATX with the same features
Mini ATX
same as ATX but only 4 expansion card slots
Micro ATX
designed as a replacement for ATX but never created
Info technology extended (ITX)
what kind of form factors have a 1 expansion slot?
Mini ITX
brains of the computer to perform the basic operations
CPU
Used for low-power devices (Tablets and Cell phones)
Advanced RISC Machine (ARM)
instructions is being sent by a software app to a processor
simultaneous multithreading (SMT) / Hyper threading
Traditional workstation and servers have multiple processors
Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP)
single CPU with multiple processors
Multi core processors
2 CPUs inside a single chip
dual-core processor