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| The part of some type of input that goes into a port |
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| The part that accepts a plug |
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| Alternate word for a port |
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| describes either a port (jack) or a plug |
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| Replaced the DIN connectors. Has 6 connectors also called a DIN-6 |
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| Another name for a mini-DIN |
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| Universal serial bus which provides a common general-purpose connection for PCs |
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| The part that goes into a computer |
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| The part that goes into a pheripheral |
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| Another name for a mini-DIN or DIN-6 |
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| Used for smaller devices like a camera, phone ect. |
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| What does it mean to be hot-swappable? |
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| Able to be plugged and unplugged without the computer having to be restarted |
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| What type of plugs are hot-swappable? |
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| Used to move data at high speeds |
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| What is another name for FireWire? |
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| How many connector wires are in a Firewire? |
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| What are DB connectors used for? |
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| Almost any type of pheripheal you can think of except keyboards. |
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| What shape are DB connectors? |
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| What is another name for a DB connector? |
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| What are two types of RJ connectors? |
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| What are RJ-11 connectors used for? |
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| What are RJ-45 connectors used for? |
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| Network connection cables and NIC cards |
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| What is the most common type of sound connectors in use? |
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| 1/8 inch connectors or mini-audio connector |
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What are mini-audio connectors? |
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| What is an expansion slot? |
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| A system unit that enables you to add more devices to a computer. |
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| What is the difference between a card and onboard devices? |
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| A card goes into an expansion slot and an onboard device is already on the motherboard |
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| What are the types of connectors that keyboards use? |
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| What are the two types of connectors that monitors connect to? |
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| What kind of connector is a VGA? |
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| What kind of connectors are DVI? |
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| What is an HDMI cable used for? |
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| What does HDMI stand for? |
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| High-Definition Multimedia Interface |
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| What types of connectors can be on a sound card? |
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| 1/8 inch audio, (MIDI) and joystick |
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| A standard of sound connectors meant to lessen the amount of sound cards |
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| What does S/PDIF stand for? |
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| Sony/Phillips Digital Interface Format |
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| What type of connectors does a mouse have? |
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| USB, or light-green mini-DIN |
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| A mouse that has a ball for scrolling on the side |
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| What is the purpose of a modem? |
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| Enables a PC to connect to a network through a telephone line |
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| What type of port did most printers use before USB, Ethernet and Wifi? |
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| Parallel ports with a 9 to 25 D-sub port |
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| What connector does a joystick use? |
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| USB but, used to be DB-15 |
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| What is an eSata port used for? |
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| eSata ports are used for external hard drives and some optical drives |
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| What is the purpose of the enclosure? |
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| To house the parts of the computer and provide cooling fans. |
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| What is another name for the CPU? |
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| What is the purpose of the CPU? |
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| To perform all the calculations in the computer |
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| A fan that is mounted on top of the CPU to disperse heat |
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| What different types of CPUs packaged in? |
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| What is a land grid array and what manafacturer is it used for? |
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| What does PGA stand for and what manafacturer uses it? |
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| Ram stores programs and data currently being used by the CPU |
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| What is a common type of RAM stick found in PC's? |
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| Dual inline memory module (DIMM) |
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| The board where all devices in the computer rest on. |
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| What is the power supply? |
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| The piece on the back of the computer that provides the necessary electrical power to make the PC operate. |
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| What is a floppy drive used for? |
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| To load and write to a floppy disk |
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| What does a floppy drive connect by? |
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| A ribbon cable connected to the motherboard |
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| What is the connection to the motherboard for a floppy drive also called? |
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| The floppy drive controller |
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| What is the purpose of the hard drive? |
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| The hard drive stores programs and data that are not currently being used by the CPU. |
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| What are the names of the two types of harddrives? |
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| What does PATA stand for? |
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| Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment |
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| What does SATA stand for? |
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| Serial Advanced Technology Attachment |
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| What does SCSI stand for? |
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| Small computer system interface |
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| What is the purpose of an optical drive? |
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| To read CD, DVD, or Blu-ray discs |
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| What are the three types of CD? |
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| Recordable, read only memory, rewritable |
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| What is MS-DOS and which company came up with it? |
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| A command line interface that was originally created by UNIX developer but used for Microsoft |
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| What addition to operating systems (MS-DOS, MAC OSX) original command line interfaces made computers for the common man? |
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| GUI (Graphical User Interfaces) |
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| What type of file system was used originally for Microsoft OS? |
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| FAT (File Allocation Table) |
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