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| Basic Input/Output System |
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| part of the motherboard's logic system and is usually made of two parts the northbridge and the southbridge, these two "bridges" connect the CPU to other parts of the computer |
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Peripheral Compontent Interconnect |
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| Accelerated Graphics Port |
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| connects directly to the processor via the FSB, connects to AGP or PCI Express bus, and to the memory |
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| connects to PCI bus, USB ports, and the IDE or SATA hard disc connections |
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| Intergated drive electronics- originally developed for connecting hard drives, rarely used for attaching an external device |
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| has been replaced by the LPC bus, originated as an 8-bit system in the IBM PC in 1981, 16-bit system was introduced in 1984 |
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| low pin count- introduced by intel in 1998, usually connects to the southbridge, resembles ISA to software |
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| an internal extension of a motherboard and usually connects directly to a motherboard without using a bus |
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| measured in megahertz, the more data a bus can handle at one time, the faster it allows information to travel |
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