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Comptia A+ Ch 4
Mike Myers All-in-One Exam Guide 9th ed
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Computer Science
Undergraduate 3
08/03/2017

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EDB
Definition
External Data Bus
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Binary
Definition
Notation used
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Register
Definition
hierarchical database that stores low-level settings for the Microsoft Windows operating system and for applications
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CLK
Definition
Clock
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Instruction set
Definition
instructions in code that can be recognized by CPU
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Hertz
Definition
the SI unit of frequency, equal to one cycle per second
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Overclocking
Definition
running higher than hardware intended
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MCC
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Appendix C Complications or Comorbidities Exclusion list
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Address Bus
Definition
computer bus architecture used to transfer data between devices that are identified by the hardware address of the physical memory
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Instruction pointer
Definition
indicates where a computer is in it’s program.
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Pipe-lining
Definition
running steps of a program in sequence.
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Multi-core processing
Definition
a single unit with two or more processors.
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GPU
Definition
Graphic Processing Unit
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LGA
Definition
Land Grid Array, Found on Intel devices
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PGA
Definition
Pin Grid Array, Found on AMD devices
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OEM
Definition
Original Equipment Manufacturer
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Overclocking
Definition
Running hardware at speeds higher than advertised/tested.
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ZIF
Definition
Zero Insertion Force
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Heat sink
Definition
Metal hardware intended to absorb excess heat.
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