Motherboards

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  1. 2. Type of RAM that speeds up access time to retrieve data from memory because the CPU does not have to wait fro on data access cycle to end before another begins
  2. 5. Component that controls access to the RAM, video card and speeds at which the CPU can communicate with them
  3. 7. Land Grid array
  4. 8. Type of Prom that can be erased and rewritten without having to remove the chip from the computer.
  5. 12. Component that allows the CPU to communicate with the hard drive, sound card, USB ports and other I/O ports.
  6. 14. Most common form factor in desktop computers
  7. 17. CPU has multiple pieces of code being executed simultaneously on each pipeline
  8. 18. type of power connector needed for PATA drives
  9. 21. How resistance in measured
  10. 22. What is power? A measure of the pressure required to push electrons through a current (voltage) multiplied by the number of electrons going through that circuit (current)
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  1. 1. Read only memory
  2. 3. Main Printed circuit board that contains the buses
  3. 4. Type of power connector for a floppy drive
  4. 6. How the speed of a Hard drive is measured
  5. 9. Architecture that takes fewer steps per operation
  6. 10. A measure of the amount of electrons going through a circuit
  7. 11. Most frequently type of memory used to store data
  8. 13. Type of data cable that can be up to 2 meters in length
  9. 15. Brain of computer
  10. 16. Video port analog output for a monitor
  11. 19. Expansion slot used for video adapters
  12. 20. Universal Serial Bus