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I am an expansion slot or "bus" on the motherboard that provides a home for card that could be described as an accelerated output manipulator and provide visual stimulation for the end user or customer.
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AGP Port
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Faster than an ISA, yet still lagging behind the AGP, at lease I come in 3rd or 4th for overall speed in the entire system.
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PCI clot
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I am the main startup file for MS-DOS. They changed my name in Windows, but I still do the same thing. Without me, the Operating System will not load.
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command.com
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A cold boot is carried out by pressing what?
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the on/off switch and holding it 4 seconds.
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I come on a stick and my name is made up of initials. I come in a variety of sizes and kinds, all with the funniest sounding nicknames.
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RAM
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Without me, nothing starts up on the computer. I mean before the hard drive spins up, before the RAM is checked, and even before the fan whirs up. What a "power trip"
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Power Good Signal
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I'm the only one of my kind on the board. I like to dress up in shiny stickers and sometimes I'll even put on my hologram. I'm a VIP in the PC world, and people are constantly asking me my age. I usually just tell them to check my sticker.
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ROM-BIOS
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a warm boot is carried out by pressing what?
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ctrl and alt and delete
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I am the on=board memory to help out the CPU exclusively. I have only one purpose, one job, and I do it very well.
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L2 cache
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Without me, the CPU or "brains" of the computer would burn up. Doesn't sound so smart to me!
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Heatsink and fan
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I am the system or routine that is stored in ROM-BIOS and I execute my program when the computer is turned on.
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POST
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I'm feelin pretty old and useless these days cause not many people use me anymore. In fact, I heard the "makers" are even putting out products without me now. *sniff*
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ISA Slot
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As far as power goes, I'm the bomb! Because I use the most amount of Wattage? No, exactly the opposite. I use the least amount of power. What current am I?
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3.3v
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I am a type of measurement that can be determined by a multi-meter. I use the Omega symbol to represent me:
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Ohms
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The "brains" of a p.c., it won't start without it.
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CPU
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Windows Operating System 98 did away with the autoexec.bat and config.sys files. They replaced these with what 2 files:
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win.ini and sys.ini
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