ALPHABET SOUP OF COMPUTER

PARTS OF A MOTHERBOARD

PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Slot: Supports peripherals like sound cards, DVD decoders, and graphic accelerators with 32 bits at 33Mhz capabilities. There are usually anywhere from 1 to 6 PCI slots available on the motherboard.

AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port): This provides fast bus speed connectivity along with fast access to the main memory. It is designed for video cards that demand higher bandwidth.

Chipset-North Bridge: An integrated circuit that has special duties.

CPU (Central Processing Unit) Socket: A socket specifically for connecting your computer processor.

DIMM (Double Inline Memory Module) slots, SIMM (Single Inline Memory Module) and RIMM: Different types of memory (RAM) can be installed into these slots.

Motherboard Battery: A battery compartment, which stores the battery used for storing data such as system date and time, when you shut down your system.

IDE Connector: Responsible for connecting the IDE cord used for hard disks, CD drives, and DVD drives.

Firewire header (IEEE 1394): A serial bus used to exchange digital and audio data with high performance abilities.

The following listed items are parts that are built within the motherboard with specific connective uses such as keyboards, mouse, and printers.

PS/2 Connectors: Each motherboard usually has 2 PS/2 connectors for the keyboard and the mouse.

USB (Universal Serial Bus) Port: There are usually a couple of these ports located on each motherboard used for connecting pen drives and external hard drives, like Ipods or Mp3 players.

Parallel or (LPT) Port: The place used to connect scanners and printers.

Game Port: The port to connect all gaming devices for example, a joystick.

Sound Card Connectors: Plug in your microphone or speakers here.

Display Connector: Connecting your monitor to the motherboard.

COM (Communication) Port: The port designed to connect your mouse and modem.

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PARTS OF THE KEYBOARD

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2. (Read Only Memory) is for information needed by the PC and cannot be changed.

4. a notebook computer; a laptop computer; a folding, portable computer

5. Disk Operating System. The original system used for PCs, where you typed in commands instead of pointing and clicking.

6. Megahertz. This describes the speed of computer equipment. The higher the MHz the better the performance.

7. a system for communicating without wires over a computer network.

9. A copy of files from a computer's hard disk, usually made on some external medium such asCD-ROM or flash drive. A backup is made in case the hard disk file(s) are erased or damaged.

10. Memory is for the temporary storing of information while a computer is being used. SeeRAM, ROM and Cache. 

11. an area that has an available wireless signal for Internet access (usually public).

12. A socket at the back of a computer for connecting external equipment or peripherals, especially printers

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1. "What You See Is What You Get." With a WYSIWIG program, if you print a document it looks the same on paper as it looks on the screen.
2. (Random Access Memory) is the main memory used while the PC is working. RAM is temporary
3. The number of dots or pixels per inch (sometimes per centimetre) used to create the screen image.
8. All hard disks and floppy disks have to be electronically prepared for use by a process called formatting. Hard disks are pre-formatted by the computer manufacturer. If you buy a floppy disk that is not pre-formatted, you format it yourself, using a program that comes with your PC.

PARTS OF THE COMPUTER