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24 Cards in this Set
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- Back
- 3rd side (hint)
FRU |
Field replacement unit |
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ESD |
Electrostatic discharge |
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NIC |
Network Interface card |
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MAC |
Media Access Control |
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USB |
Universal Serial Bust |
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ATX |
Advanced technology extended |
Most common form factor |
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BIOS |
Basic Input Output System |
Controls communication with other devices |
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CPU |
Central processing Unit |
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DIMM |
Dual Inline memory Module |
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DVI |
Digital video interface |
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HDD |
Hard Disk Drive |
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PSU |
Power supply Unit |
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S/PDIF |
Sony Phillips Digital Interface used for audio |
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UEFI |
Unified extensible firmware interface |
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MBR |
Master Boot Record the first sector lb the drive which contains the partition table and a program BIOS uses to boot an OS from the drive. |
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SSO |
Single sign on An account that accesses multiple independent resources systems or applications after signing in one time to one account an example is a Microsoft account |
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RAID |
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks or redundant array of independent Disk several methods of configuring multiple hard drives to store data to increase logical volume size improve performance or to ensure that if one hard drive fails the data is still available from another hard drive |
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FAT |
File allocation table A table on the hard drive USB flash drive, or floppy disk used by the FAT file system that tracks the Clusters used to contain a file |
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MFT |
Master file Table The database used by the NTFS file system to track the contents of volume or logical Drive |
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UEFI |
Unified firmware interface replaces BIOS made on motherboards after 2012 |
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Ohm |
Measure of resistance to electricity |
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PCIe |
Fast expansion slot found on a motherboard |
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Rectifier |
A device that converts AC to Dc |
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Cooler |
Sits on top of the processor and consists of a fan and heat sink. |
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