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ComputerWork Sec 1.3
How Computers Work Sec 1.3
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Computer Science
Not Applicable
12/08/2010

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POST

 

(Power-on self-test)

Definition

 

1 of 2 part process the BIOS go through to start up a computer.

 

runs through the computers hardware and and software to check if everything is ok

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System Bus

Definition

 

Electrical circuits connecting all the components with each other. Used to check if all systems are functioning.

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Cold Boot

Definition

 

 

Starting from being completely off

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Warm boot

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a reboot

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Boot Sector

Definition

 

a program on the C: Drive that is accessed to complete the final stage of the boot process

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Registry

Definition

 

List of all the hardware the system recognizes

 

used by other programs to acces the information

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