Ite 221 Chapter 4

Front 1

a ______ ______ _____ is initiated by malicious software when it attempts to run its ____ from and area of ____ assigned to another ____ for its data.

Back 1

buffer overflow attack

code

memory

program

Front 2

____ ____ is the number of _____ cycles it takes read a column off of a memory module and ___ ____ is how long it takes to read a ____. the ____ the number the better. you may see a group of 4 numbers, the first 2 in order are...

Back 2

CAS latency

Ras Latency - rows

lower

Cas Latency-Ras Latency

Front 3

some of intels mobile devices utilize _____ technology in which the ____, ____ and ____ ___ are all integrated

Back 3

Centrino

Front 4

____ ram is a technology that runs _____ the speed of the system clock, and uses ____ pins. also called ____ _____ _______ ___

Back 4

DDR

twice

184

DDR SDRAM

SDRAM II

DDR

Front 5

Each successive generation of ram has been _____ and uses ____ power

Back 5

faster

less

Front 6

a ____ is a miniature circuit board installed on the ____ to hold ____.

Back 6

DIMM (Dual Inline Memory Module)

motherboard

memory

Front 7

some dimms are _____ _____, meaning they have ______ ___ installed on both sides of a dimm.

Back 7

double-sided

memory chips

Front 8

some motherboards have a ____ ___ feature that improves performance by providing ___ channels between the ____ and the ____. The following dimms types can use this.

Back 8

dual channel

2

memory

chipset

DDR, DDR2, DDR3 DDR4

Front 9

A server motherboard might have two processor sockets, called - ____ ____ or a _____ ____

Back 9

dual processors

Front 10

some dimms are ___ ____, meaning they have 2 ___ bit banks. They ___ ____ access one and then the other, which performs _____ than a single ranked dimm.

Back 10

dual ranked

64

memory controller

worse

Front 11

Memory on the motherboard loses ____ rapidly and must be ______, therefore it is called ______ memory or ________ ram. ______ is faster than _____.

Back 11

data

refreshed

volatile memory

dynamic ram (dram)

Sram

Dram

Front 12

some motherboards have a chipset feature that checks the integrity of data stored on dimms and rimms and can correct ___ ___ errors in a byte. More advanced version can ____ but not _____ double _____ errors in a byte. This is called...

Back 12

single bit

detect

correct

ECC (Error-Correcting Code)

Front 13

called ____ ___ by intel, ____ ____ by AMD and ___ _____ ___ by Comptia, ____ ____ _____ is security build into a _____ so that work with the operating system to designate an area of ___ for holding ____ or ___.

Back 13

eXecute Disable

Enhanced Virus Protection

Disable execute

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)

processor

memory

data

instructions

Front 14

a processor might include an integrate ____ ___ ___, a processor that manipulates ___ ___ to form images on the monitor. a ___ might be on the a ____ ____, on the ____ or embedded in the ___ ___, a setup called ____ ____.

Back 14

Graphic Processing Unit

graphic data

GPU

video card

motherboard

cpu package

integrated graphics

Front 15

to have ______, each processor or core processes ___ threads at a time. In an intel chip this is called ____ _____ and in an AMD chip it is called _______ _______

Back 15

Hyper-threading

Front 16

________ ________ ____ is memory located on the processor chip.

Back 16

Level 1 Cache

Front 17

Memory in the processor package, but not on the processor die is called

Back 17

Level 2 Cache

Front 18

some processors use a 3rd _____, farther from the ____ ____ but still in the processor package, which is called ____ ____ ____

Back 18

cache

processor core

Level 3 Cache

Front 19

the memory a processor accesses at one time is the ______ _____ and it is ____ bits wide, some double sided banks provide more than one ____ called ____ _____ which are _____ effective.

Back 19

memory bank

64

bank

dual ranked

less

Front 20

Multiple processors can be installed in a ____ _____, which is called ______ processing. A processor might contain up to ____ cores which can each handle ___ threads. This means a processor with 4 cores can handle ___ threads.

Back 20

processor housing

multicore processing

4

2

8

Front 21

the ______ is the factor by which ___ speed of frequency is multiplied to get the CPU ____ ___.

Back 21

multiplier

bus

clock speed

Front 22

two processing units (called ____ _____ ____) installed on a single processor are called ________.

Back 22

multiprocessing

Front 23

some motherboards offer a ____ ______, meaning there are more than one _____ _____. The processors must be rated to work in this environment

Back 23

multiprocessor platform

processor socket

Front 24

an older error checking scheme used with simms is called ____, in which a ____ bit is added so that there are an ___ number of ____'s for even parity and an odd number for odd parity.

Back 24

parity

9th

even 1's

Front 25

a _____ _____ happens when an unexpected number of 1's appears in a byte

Back 25

parity error

Front 26

The ____ _____ is the speed at which the processor is measured in _____.

Back 26

processor frequency

hertz (giga hertz)

Front 27

some mother board utilize ___ ____ to access 4 dimms at the same time

Back 27

quad channels

Front 28

the number of clock cycles to read a row of data off of a memory module ____

Back 28

RAS Latency

Front 29

______ is an older type of memory developed by _____, inc.

Back 29

Rimm

rambus

Front 30

an outdated miniature circuit board designed to hold ram. held sizes including ____ __ __ or __....

Back 30

SIMM (Single Inline Memory Module

8 16 32 64

Front 31

in a ______ channel system the memory controller can only access 1 ____ at a time

Back 31

single channel

dimm

Front 32

dimm that has memory chips on one side...

Back 32

single-sided

Front 33

a ____ ____ is the memory module in laptop computers. the pin vales are different. DDR3 has ____ pins, ddr2 has ____ and older ram dimms will have __ pins or ___ pins

Back 33

So-DIMM (Small outline dimm)

Front 34

memory used in a _______ _____ is called ___ _____. it can hold power without ______ as long as _____ is available.

Back 34

memory cache

Static RAM (SRAM)

refreshing

power

Front 35

the first ram to run with the system clock is _______ ____ which has ___ notch(es) and ___ pins, its speed is measured in ____

Back 35

synchronous Dram (SDRAM)

2

168

hz mhz ghz

Front 36

____ ____ is a creamlike substance that is placed between the bottom of the ____ ____ ____ and the top of the ________, making an airtight seal to transfer ____

Back 36

thermal compound

cooler heat sink

processor

heat

Front 37

each process that the processor is aware of is called a _____

Back 37

thread

Front 38

only DDR3 supports ____ channels, which accesses 3 dimms at the same to,e

Back 38

triple channels

Front 39

older ____ bit processors are also called ____ processors

Back 39

x86 processor

Front 40

newer processors can use ___ bit or ___ bit architecture and are called _______ processors

Back 40

x86-64 bit processor

Front 41

6 components in a processor...

Back 41

IO unit

control unit

arithmetic logic unit

registers

internal memory caches

buses

Front 42

each processor has its own ____ and can also ____ a ____

Back 42

cache

share

cache

Front 43

Intel's current families of processors include the following 4

Back 43

core, atom, celeron, pentium

Front 44

5th generation processors, nicknamed _________ come in core __ and core ___.

Back 44

broadwell

i5

i7

Front 45

4th generation processors, also nicknamed ______ processors come in ___ types, core ___, ___ and ___

Back 45

haswell

3

i3 i5 i7

Front 46

3rd generation processors , also nicknamed ____ _____ come in ___ types , ___, ___ and __.

Back 46

Ivy Bridge

3

i3 i5 i7

Front 47

2nd generation processors, also nicknamed ___ ____, comes in __ types, __ ___, __, __, __, __.

Back 47

sandy bridge

5

i7 extreme

i7 i5 i3 penium

Front 48

previous generation processors include 8 types...

4 cores

1 ____

3 celeron

3 core 2

4 pentium

Back 48

i7 extreme

i7

i5

i3

atom

celeron, celeron desktop, celeron d

core 2 extreme core 2 quad, core 2 duo

pentium pentium, pentium 4, pentium d

Front 49

the current families of AMD processors include 4....

Back 49

FX Black

Phenom

Athlon

Sempron

Front 50

The FX- black family includes 3 types ...

______ -core black edition

Back 50

fx 4

fx 6

fx 8

Front 51

The phenom family includes 7 processors

Back 51

Phenom II x6

Phenom II x6 black

Phenom II x4

Phenom II x3

Phenom II x2

Phenom x4

Phenom x3

Front 52

The Athlon Family includes 6 processors

Back 52

Athlon II x4

Athlon X4

Athlon II x3

Athlong II x2

Athlon x2

Athlong

Front 53

The sempron family includes ____ processrs

Back 53

1

sempron

Front 54

some ram has a feature that reports its ____, _____,______ and _____ ____ width to the motherboard. this is called ___ _____ _______

Back 54

size

speed

voltage

data path width

serial presence detect