Software correct answers Part of the computer system that consists of encoded information or computer instructions.
Hardware correct answers The physical parts of the computer.
Firmware correct answers Provides control, monitoring, and data manipulation of engineered products and systems.
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Software correct answers Part of the computer system that consists of encoded information or
computer instructions.
Hardware correct answers The physical parts of the computer.
Firmware correct answers Provides control, monitoring, and data manipulation of engineered
products and systems.
Device Driver correct answers Operates a particular type of device connected to a computer.
Operating System correct answers Coordinates interaction between hardware and software.
What does BIOS stand for? correct answers Basic Input/Output System.
BIOS correct answers Provides runtime services for programs and performs hardware
initialization upon startup.
Soft Power correct answers Front power button acts like a relay to initiate various power system
changes depending on how long the button is held.
Overclocking correct answers Increasing the clock speed beyond what is recommended in order
to get enhanced performance.
What two components need to support hardware based virtualization in order to avoid software
based virtualization? correct answers BIOS and the CPU.
What is important when flashing a BIOS on a computer? correct answers An uninterrupted
power supply.
Beep Code correct answers A series of beeps from the computer's speaker that indicate a
problem. The pattern, duration, and number of beeps can sometimes indicate which component is
causing the issue.
Motherboard correct answers Computer component that contains all the circuitry that allows
other components to communicate with each other.
ATX correct answers Advanced technology extended (ATX) motherboards are motherboards
that have the processor and memory slots at right angles to expansion slots and in line with the
fan output of the power supply allowing the processor to run cooler.
Micro ATX correct answers Smaller version of the ATX though you can still it into an ATX
ready case. It has fewer expansion slots, memory slots, etc. than ATX.
, ITX correct answers Motherboards that are developed at low power, small form factor for
specialty uses such as home theater systems. This family of motherboards consists of Mini,
Nano, Pico, and Mobile models.
Chipset correct answers A collection of chips that perform interface and peripheral functions for
the processor. They can be divided up into two main functional groups: the northbridge and the
southbridge.
Northbridge correct answers This is the set of circuitry or chips that performs the management of
high speed peripheral communications such as video cars in PCIe slots and processor to memory
(RAM) communications. It contains the frontside bus and it may contain a backside bus as well.
Frontside Bus correct answers Is part of the Northbridge and it connects the CPU and the main
memory. If a backside bus isn't present the frontside bus also contains a cache.
Backside Bus correct answers Is part of the Northbridge and it is a set of signal pathways that
connect the CPU to the level 2 or level 3 cache memory.
Southbridge correct answers Is connected to the northbridge and is responsible for providing
support to slower on board peripherals such as serial ports, PS/2, USB, etc. Basically if you are
considering part of a computer that isn't CPU, memory, cache, or PCIe then the _______ is in
charge.
Expansion slots correct answers Used to install various devices on the computer to extend its
capabilities. Some expansions that could be installed are video cards, sound cards, networking
cards, etc.
Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) slots correct answers Usually white and around 3
inches in length.
PCI-Extended (or PCI-X) slots correct answers Are primarily used for servers and while faster
than PCI still lag behind PCIe slots in speed and suffers from the shared bus issue that PCI
suffers from in that it falls back to the speed of the slowest inserted adapter.
PCI-Express (or PCIe) slots correct answers This is becoming very common for use because of
how fast it is.
PCIex1 slot correct answers Really small slot used for wireless cards.
Random Access Memory (RAM) or just memory correct answers Contains the currently used
data and instructions for the CPU.
Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) correct answers Typical in modern computers.
Small Outline DIMM (SODIMM) correct answers Typical in laptops. Smaller than DIMM.
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