Thursday, September 23, 2010

Hardware Technology

Internal!!:

Motherboards: A motherboard is the central printed circuit board (PCB) in many modern computers and holds many of the crucial components of the system, while providing connectors for other peripherals. ...

A few similiar factors are shapes, chipsets, color, card slots, cpu's

CPU's: (Central Processing Unit) The central processing unit (CPU) is the portion of the computers that carries out all of the computers program running settings

PC Cooling System: keeps a computer cool and is required so a computer does not overheat and crash.

ROM: Read-only memory is a form of memory that can only be read and not edited. It usually consists of all of the software needed to run main hardware parts.

RAM: Random-access memory (RAM) is a basically how fast your computer is able to go. The more RAM you have the faster your computer will go.

Adaptor Cards: The expansion card (also expansion board, adapter card or accessory card) in computing is a chip that can be added to the mother board to expand a computer's capabilities.

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Storage Drives!!:

Hard Drive: is a drive that stores all of the memory in your computer system.

Floppy Drive: reads floppy disc memory

Optical Drive: is a drive used to read optical disc memory

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Cables!!:

Molex: a power source of the computer that supplies it with energy.

Berg: Smaller version of a Molex.

PATA: Parallel ATA (PATA) is an interface standard for connecting drives to the computer

SATA: Serial ATA (SATA or Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) is a stronger form of PATA that allows you to attach Hard disks to the computer and such.

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