Computer Components PDF

The ___ ___ contains electronic components of a computer. System Unit standard-size area for adding hardware to a computer.
 Drive Bay electronic device that supplies electric energy to the computer.
 Power Supply female part of connection that are used to connect a monitor,
 Ports A wire...

The ___ ___ contains electronic components of a computer. System Unit standard-size area for adding hardware to a computer.
 Drive Bay electronic device that supplies electric energy to the computer.
 Power Supply female part of connection that are used to connect a monitor,
 Ports A wire that joins electrical circuits together.
 USB Connector It physically connect your computer to the internet.
 Ethernet Cable A connector used with printers and plotters
 Parallel Printer Cable Used to convert AC currents from the main supply to the DC voltages Power Supply Unit (PSU) A high capacity, non-volatile, magnetic data storage device with a volume (disk) that is usually non-removable.
 Hard Drive Disk A disk drive that can read & write floppy disks
 Floppy Disk Drive A high capacity optical data storage device with a removable disk.
 CD-ROM Drive The most important component in computer system that serves backbone that supports all the other computer components.
 Motherboard Used to conjoin the outside hardware or computer devices.
 I/O ports Connects sound devices
 Audio Port Printed port where it connects the impact printed DB 25 female connector, Connects a serial device of the computer DB 9 male connector links computer nodes or workstations to form a within a small area
 LAN Port Connect the mouse and the keyboard PS/2 ports Standard in connecting external devices.
 USB Serves as an interface of the monitor screen to the other members of the computer system.
 VGA Port 4 pin of the power supply unit connection. ATX Power connector Handles the processor or CPU chip. Processor's ZIF Dual Inline Memory
 Memory Slot A group of connector ATX Power connector The manufacturer's name is called ___ Name of the Vendor Placed to afford 3 volts direct current/voltage CMOS/BIOS Battery Connector of IDE cable of the HDD
 IDE Attach the Power LED, HDD, LED, Power Switch, and Reset switch of the processor.
 Front panel connectors The new standard of the IDE connection SATA Connector Disables the BIOS default setup such supervisor password. CMOS/BIOS jumper Joins the USB port of the front panel USB connector Connects FDD cable and the system board.
 Floppy Disk Drive Connector Serves as a bridge of the I/O cards of the computer PCI slots Displays the motherboard version of the driver software Motherboard Version Number Commonly used to describe the design, size and/or arrangement of a device Form Factor It is the common motherboard form factor Standard ATX It is smaller than the standard form factor, Micro-ATX This is motherboards with a width of 6.7 inches DTX It is a larger form factor than standard ATX EATX Smaller than ATX and micro-ATX; ITX ___ is a system that is composed of different components.
 Computer It houses the internal components Cases It is the main circuit board Motherboard It stores data Memory The brain of the computer Processor It extends the computer’s capability Adaptor Cards It allow the computer to save data Disk Drives It connected the computer to other devices Peripherals and Ports Hand tools used to assemble/disassemble Screwdriver Brush Pliers and Wire Cutters Soldering iron Multitester/Multimeter ___ also known as expansion cards. They are designed to extend capabilities of a computer Adapter cards ___ also known as graphic card. It is an expansion card that lets the computer system send information Video cards This type of video card is the oldest format used today PCI This type of video card is the standard format of connection for internal video cards AGP This type of video card is the most recent standard and fastest video card available in the market. PCIe/PCI-E This type of sound card features of an external sound adapter and are identical to those of a regular sound card.
 External sound card ___ is a hardware component that- is a hardware component that allows a computer to process audio signals Sound card This type of sound card miniaturization technology advanced and made computer sound technology more inexpensive Motherboard Sound Chips This type of sound card is a conventional sound card plugs into one of the slots within the computer.
 Standard Sound Cards It is plugged into the PCI slot of a PC motherboard simply means a communications MODEM CARDS