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| Whats the differance between volatile and non-volatile memory? |
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| Volatile memory requires a constant source of power as to non-volatile memory which retains the information stored on it with or without power. |
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| System bus is the wires or traces on the motherboard that provide the main communication between the cpu and the memory. |
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| What bit-bus is the system bus? |
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| System bus is a 64-bit bus |
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| What is the basic purpose of BUS? |
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| the basic function of a bus is to enable data transfer between individual micro components. |
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| What does the term Form Factor mean? |
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| Form Factor describes the size and shape of the system board |
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| what are the seven different system board types? |
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1.) Full-size AT 2.)Baby AT 3.)ATX 4.)microATX 5.)LPX 6.)NLX 7.)BTX |
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| How are tape drives read? |
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| the tapes are read sequentially |
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| What is Solid State Storage? |
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| Solid State Storage is a personal storage device that stores data in special memory instaed of disks or tapes. |
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| how many bits equals 1 Bite? |
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| what two types of connectors does a parallel cable have? |
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2 One 25-pin female connector & One 36-pin Centronics Connector |
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| what is a USB Connection used for? |
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| USB Connections are used for two-way communication between 1-to-127 devices |
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| what are the two different standards of USB? |
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| what is the rate of which USB 2.0 communicates at? |
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| what is the speed at which USB 1.1 communicates at? |
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| what is the rate at which firewire 400 transmits at? |
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| what is the rate at which firewire 800 transmits at? |
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| What standard is firewire considered? |
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| What does SCSI stand for? |
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| Small Computer Systems Interface |
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| what are the different pin types SCSI-cables can have? |
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| 50-pin, 68-pin, and 80-pin |
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| what does PATA stand for? |
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| Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment |
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| how many wires can a single PATA ribbon cable have and with what kind of connectors? |
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| 40 or 80 wires and a 40 pin connectors |
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| how many drives can a PATA socket support? |
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| what does the term IDE stand for? |
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| (Intergrated Drive Electronics) |
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| what kind of hierarchy are PATA devices with? |
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they are configured as Master and Slave or Cable Select with jumpers |
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| what does SATA stand for? |
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| Serial Advanced Technology Attachment |
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| how many pins are on a SATA Cable connector? |
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| is a SATA interface drive a type of ide drive? |
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| Yes! Even though IDE and PATA are terms that are commonly used interchangeably. |
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