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- 2. motherboard is a large PCB (printed circuit board) thathouses most of your computer’s components and directs datatraffic to and from the appropriate devices
- 4. AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port)houses your graphics card, which suppliesthe image to the monitor.
- 5. CPU is the brain that carries out yourcomputer’s instructions. You won’t be ableto see your CPU when you open your casebecause a heatsink covers it
- 8. peripherals, such as MP3 players, modern printers,and PDAs (personal digital assistants) require USB(Universal Serial Bus) connections.
- 10. Port:Serial ports are much slower than new USB andFireWire ports.
- 11. PSU (power supply unit) isn’t theprettiest component by any means.
- 13. Card:Motherboards often have integrated sound chips. Ifyour motherboard does not have a sound chip
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- 1. 1394:Current FireWire ports transfer data as fast as400Mbps (megabits per second). (The next genera-tion of FireWire offers speeds as fast as 3,200 Mbps.)
- 3. CPU stores temporary information,such as data relating to open programs, inRAM.
- 6. (Peripheral Component Interconnect)slots let peripherals communicate quickly with the processor
- 7. Port:If you have an older printer or scanner, you probablyconnect the device to the parallel port.
- 9. some newer mice and keyboards includeUSB cables, most require PS/2 ports
- 12. The motherboard manufacturer installs a basic OS (oper-ating system) in the BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) chip