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20 Cards in this Set
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technical descruption of the computer's components and capabilities |
pc specifications |
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most inportant components, central to the overall capability of the system |
ram, hard drive, processor |
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the electric circuitry within a computer that carries out instructions of a computer program |
processors or cpu |
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2 companies that manufacture pc processors |
intel corp. and amd inc. |
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cpu |
central processing unit |
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amd |
advanced micro devices |
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ram |
random access memory |
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volatile, holds data only when the power is on. when the power is off, its contents are lost. |
ram |
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ram is measured by? |
mb |
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ddr |
double data rate |
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most modern computers use what type of ram? |
ddr 2 ram |
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this ram is recommended for general purpose pc's |
2 gb or 2024 mb |
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this ram is recommended for pc's running multimedia applications |
2 gb or 2048 mb |
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sram |
static (random memory access) |
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dram |
dynamic (random access memory) |
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the computer's primary storage area. |
hard drive |
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a hard drive capacity recommended for general purpose pc's |
at least 80 gb |
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a hard drive capacity recommended for pc's working with multimedia |
200 gb |
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nic |
network interface card |
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os |
operating systems |
