Resistor

Control wild electricity before it fries the other components

Capacitor

Hold in electricity for supply and use

DIMMs

(Dual In-Line Memory Modules or RAM)

small circuit boards with memory cells that allow them to hold on to bits of info for short amounts of time before being rewritten

DDR = 184 pins (or connection)

DDR2= 240 pins

DDR3 = 240 pins but different from DDR2

Data bus

traces that transfer data from CPU to other components

Address bus

24 traces that when used in different unique combonations make up address to different components

Form Factors

Factors that determine the type of motherboard need for specific PC's

ex) size,power, alignment and styles

Chip Set

North Bridge and South Bridge

two chips that are assistances to the CPU

North Bridge

(Graphics Memory controller hub or GMCH)

Handles computer graphics, RAM,

and Front Side Bus

More for speed for performance

Located very close to Graphics Card, CPU and RAM

Front Side Bus

Main Highway for data connecting graphics and memory to the CPU

SATA Connectors

Newer connections for the Serial ATA Hard Drives. Faster deilvery of data.

Replacing the IDE conncetions on most PC's

Port 80 Display

a 2 digit read out that provides troubleshooting codes

Not always included on motherboards

South Bridge

( I/O  Controller Hub or ICH)

in charge of input/output with disk drives, audio, networking, power management, USB and Firewire connections

made for non-speed based systems

Front Panel Connectors

connects the on/off switch, reset , power light, and hard drive light to the motherboard

Packets

Bite size pieces of video or info that has been encoded with CRC to help Chip set to break down streaming video and reassemble it.

CRC

(Cyclic Redunancy Check)

Mathematical operation that is implanted on packets to make a fingerprint for that packet.