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60 Cards in this Set
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WHAT DOES DRAM STAND FOR? INFO? |
DYNAMIC RAM INFO- INFO NEEDS TO BE CONSTANTLY REFRESHED OLDER DRAM RUNS AT 60-80 NS |
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WHAT IS SRAM? INFO? |
STATIC RAM INFO- FASTER THAN DRAM TYPICALLY RUNNING CACHE 10-20 NS |
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WHAT IS CMOS RAM? INFO? |
METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR RAM INFO- STORES CMOS MEMORY VOLATILE MEMORY THAT MAINTAINS ITS INFO BY USING A BATTERY STORED ON MOTHERBOARD |
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WHAT IS DDR3? INFO? |
TWICE THE DATA RATE OF DDR2 REDUCES POWER CONSUMPTION BY ABOUT 30% 240 PIN FOR DESKTOP 204 PIN SODIMM FOR LAPTOP ORIGINAL DIMM 168 PIN DDR 184 PIN DDR2&DDR3 240 PIN |
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WHAT IS RIMM? |
RAMBUS INLINE MEMORY MODULE |
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WHAT IS DDR? INFO? |
DOUBLE DATA RATE INFO - TRANSFERS DATA TWICE DURING EACH CLOCK CYCLE MEASURED IN MHz 184 PIN DIMM 200 PIN SODIMM, SODIMM FOR LAPTOPS |
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DDR2 INFO |
RUNS AT 400 MHz AND UP. 240 PIN MODULES RUN AT 1.8V INSTEAD OF 2.5V LESS POWER FOR MORE MEMORY. GOOD FOR LAPTOPS |
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WHAT IS VRAM? INFO? |
VIDEO RAM INFO - COMMONLY USED IN VIDEO ACCELERATOR CARDS TO STORE VALUES OF PIXELS ONSCREEN FOR REFRESH PURPOSES, DUAL PORTED |
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WHAT IS SDRAM? INFO? |
SYNCHRONOUS DRAM INFO - MEMORY SYNCHRONIZED YOU THE SPEED OF THE MOTHERBOARD |
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WHAT IS RDRAM? INFO? |
RAMBUS DRAM INFO - 16 BIT INTERNAL BUS WIDTH 184 GOLD PLATED MEMORY MODULE |
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WHAT IS SODIMM? INFO? |
SMALL OUTLINE DUAL INLINE MEMORY MODULE INFO - SMALLER THAN DIMM, MOSTLY USED IN LAPTOPS, 3 DIFFERENT SIZES 32 BIT 72 PIN 64 BIT 144 PIN SDRAM 64 BIT 200 PIN DDR&DDR2 |
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MicroDIMM? INFO? |
MICRO DUAL INLINE MEMORY MODULE INFO - SMALLER THAN SODIMM 144 PIN SDRAM 172 PIN DDR |
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PARITY MEMORY |
ERROR CHECKING |
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NON PARITY MEMORY |
DOES NOT CHECK FOR ERRORS |
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WHAT ARE PARITY ERRORS |
PARITY ERRORS INDICATE SOBERING WONT WITH THE INTEGRITY OF DATA STORED IN MEMORY |
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WHAT IS EPROM? INFO? |
ERASABLE PROGRAMMABLE ROM INFO - SPECIAL ROM CHIP THAT THE MANUFACTURER CAN REPROGRAM USING A SPECIAL PROGRAMMING DEVICE USING ULTRA VIOLET |
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WHAT IS EEPROM? INFO? |
ELECTRICALLY ERASABLE PROGRAMMABLE ROM (FLASH ROM) INFO - YOU PERSONALLY CAN UPDATE BY RUNNING SPECIAL SOFTWARE PROVIDED BY MANUFACTURER USUALLY ON MANUFACTURER WEBSITE |
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WHAT IS PGA? INFO? |
PIN GRID ARRAY INFO - SQUARE CHIP WITH ARRAY OF PINS FILLING UP THE SHAPE OF CHIP |
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WHAT IS LGA? INFO? |
LAND GRID ARRAY INFO - RECTANGULAR INSTEAD OF SQUARE. PINS GO INTO SOCKET |
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WHAT IS ZIF? INFO? |
ZERO INSERTION FORCE INFO - HAS A SOCKET WITH A LEVER TO EASILY CHANGE CHIP |
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WHAT IS THROTTLING? |
HELPS PREVENT OVERHEATING THE PROCESSOR BY SLOWING THE SPEED |
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WHAT IS VRM? INFO? |
VOLTAGE REGULATOR MODULE INFO - REGULATES THE VOLTAGE THAT IS DELIVERED TO THE PROCESSOR |
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WHAT IS DIP CHIP? INFO? |
DUAL INLINE PACKAGE INFO - RECTANGULAR WITH 2 ROWS OF 20 PINS |
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WHAT IS THE BENEFIT OF MULTICORE? |
EXECUTES MULTIPLE THREADS AT THE SAME TIME WITHOUT HTT, DRAWS LESS POWER THAT TWO SEPARATE PROCESSORS |
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CPU PERFORMS? |
LOGICAL OPERATIONS |
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NPU PERFORMS? |
MATHEMATICAL OPERATIONS |
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GPU PERFORMS? |
VIDEO OPERATIONS |
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ACU STANDS FOR? |
ARITHMETIC LOGIC UNIT |
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MMX STANDS FOR? |
MULTIMEDIA EXTENSIONS |
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HTT STANDS FOR? |
HYPERTHREADING TECHNOLOGY |
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WHAT IS A SINGLE BIT |
1 OR 0 |
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WHAT ARE REGISTERS |
STORAGE AREAS WITHIN THE PROCESSOR TO STORE TEMPORARY DATA |
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L1 |
BUILT INTO PROCESSOR FOR CACHE |
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L2 |
RESIDES OUT OF PROCESSOR USUALLY SHARED |
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L3 |
SHARED BLOCK |
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WHAT IS A BUS? |
DELIVERS DATA FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER |
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WHAT IS A DATA BUS? |
PATHWAY BETWEEN PROCESSOR AND MEMORY |
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HERTZ? |
SINGLE CLOCK CYCLE |
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WHAT IS MHz? |
MEGAHERTZ 1 MILLION |
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WHAT IS GHz? |
GIGAHERTZ 1 BILLION |
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WHAT IS MIPS? |
MILLIONS OF INSTRUCTIONS PER SECOND |
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WHAT DOES USB STAND FOR? |
UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS |
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SPEED OF USB 1.0? |
12 Mbps |
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WHAT IS THE SPEED OF USB 2.0? |
480 Mbps |
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WHAT IS THE SPEED OF USB 3.0? |
5 Gbps |
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WHAT IS THE SPEED OF USB 3.1? |
10 Gbps |
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WHAT DOES RAM MEAN? |
RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY |
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WHAT DOES ROM MEAN? |
READ ONLY MEMORY |
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WHAT DOES BIOS STAND FOR? |
BINARY/BASIC INPUT OUTPUT SYSTEM |
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WHAT DOES UEFI STAND FOR? |
UNIFIED EXTENSIBLE FIRMWARE INTERFACE |
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WHAT DOES CMOS STAND FOR |
COMPLIMENTARY METAL - OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR |
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WHAT DIES PCI STAND FOR? |
PERIPHERAL COMPONENT INTERCONNECT |
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WHAT DOES ISDN STAND FOR? |
INTEGRATED SERVICES DIGITAL NETWORK |
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120V OR 240V CONVERTS TO WHAT DC? |
3.3V 5V OR 12V |
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WHAT DOES IDE STAND FOR? |
INTEGRATED DRIVE ELECTRONICS |
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WHAT DOES ATA STAND FOR? |
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ATTACHMENT |
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WHAT DOES PATA STAND FOR? |
PARALLEL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ATTACHMENT |
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WHAT DOES SATA STAND FOR? |
SERIAL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ATTACHMENT |
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WHAT DOES SCSI STAND FOR? |
SMALL COMPUTER SYSTEM INTERFACE |
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WHAY DOES SAS STAND FOR |
SERIAL ATTACHED SCSI |
