Ports & Connectors Flashcards
Have a slight D shape; technically known as D-subminiature connectors (referred to as D-shell connectors on the exams)
Serial and Parallel Ports (DB Ports)
Can come in 9-pin and 25-pin varieties
Serial Port
Transfer data one bit at a time; maximum transmission speed of 115 kilobits per second (standard setting is 9600 bps)
Serial Port
Serial ports are defined as ___
Male
Parallel ports are defined as ___
Female
The 25-pin female port
Parallel (Printer) Port
Transfers data eights bits (one byte) at a time
Parallel Port
Technological advances that offer improved throughput of about ten times faster than a standard parallel port
Extended Capability Port and the Enhanced Parallel Port
By default, the serial port gets assigned the I/O address
3F8 and Interrupt Request (IRQ) 4 [COM1]
Traditionally, parallel ports get an I/O address
378 and Interrupt Request (IRQ) 7 [LPT1]
Purple 6-pin mini DIN port (exam refers to it as a Din-6 connector)
Keyboard (PS/2) port
Green 6-pin mini DIN port (exam refers to it as a Din-6 connector)
Mouse (PS/2) port
Most monitors and projectors connect to one of three video ports
Video Graphics Array (analog)
Digital Visual Interface (either/or)
DisplayPort (digital)
Blue, female, 15-pin D-subminiature connector (arranged in 3 rows of 5 pins each)
VGA Port
Digital Video Interface connectors are classified as
DVI-D
DVI-A
DVI-A/D or DVI-I (interchangeable)
DVI-D and DVI-I also support a configuration called Dual-Link DVI, which use a ___ connector
24-pin