mod 120 unit 1 terms
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- a 32/64 bit expansions slot designed by intel specifically for video that runs at 66 mhz and yields a throughput of at least 254 mbps
- Accelerated Graphics Port
- A silver or pink bag that is designed to protect sensitive components by ensuring that any static charge collects on the putside of the bag rather than the component inside
- Anti-Static Bag
- A specially designed device to bleed elictrical charges away safely. It uses a L-megohmresitor to bleed the charge away slowly and protect computer hardware
- Anti-Static strap
- Classically the software routines burned onto the system Rom of a PC
- BIOS(basic input/output services)
- Electronic chips that handle all of the low level functions of a pc which in the original pc were handled by close to 30 diferent chips. they usually consist of one two or three seperate chips embedded into a mother board tp handle all of these functions
- Chipset
- The class of fire suppresion designed for electrical fires
- Class C Extinguisher
- The brain of the computer
- CPU(central Processing Unit)
- The tube of a moniter in wich rays of electrons are beemed onto a phosphorecent screen to produce images.
- CRT(cathode Ray Tube)
- A 184-pin high speed RAM that handles two signals per clock cycle, Can be installed in singling or in pars
- Double Data-Rate SDRAM
- The movement of electrons from one body to another. ESD is a real menace to pcs as it can cause permanent damage to semiconductors
- ESD(Electrostatic Discharge)
- Software that has been writteen onto read only memory ROM. it is a combination of software and hardware.ROMS PROMS and EPRONS that have data or programs recorded on them are considered this
- Firmware
- A tool with very large needle, a guage that indicates volts and wore with an alligator clip used to discahrfe electricity from electronic devices
- High-Voltage Probe
- Teh type of expansion bus found in the original IBM pc for the slots on the motherboard that allowed additional hardware to be connected to the computers motherboeard
- ISA (industrry standard Architecture)
- The most common type of battery used in a laptop
- lithium ion Battery
- A document that contains safety information about given product
- MSDS
- the primary circuit that holds all the core components of the computer
- Motherboard
- an electronic measuring insterument that combines several functions in one unit.
- Multi-meter
- the federal agency in charge of ensuring that employers have a safe work enviroment
- OSHA
- design architecture for the sockets on the computer motherboard that enable system components to be added to the computer.
- peripheral component inter connect
- current generation of expansion cards this has a serial bus with a rated bi directional throughout of 250mb per lane with up to three lanes
- PCI-e
- also called ppnp a combination of smart pcs smaer devices and smart operating systems to resources and ports when you install a new peripheral device
- PLug and PLay
- the measurenebt of the amount of electricity flowing down a wire
- Amperes
- a patended RAM technology that uses accelerated clocks to provide very high speed memory
- Rambus DRAM
- a six sided star shaped screwdriver used by some manifactures
- Torx Driver
- rhw measurment of the pressure a current places on a wire.
- Volts