| The Motherboard | The CPU | RAM | Hard Drive | Spare Parts |
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What is a socket?
Where the CPU is installed
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What is Central Processing Unit?
CPU is an abbreviation of this
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What is Random Access Memory?
What RAM stands for.
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What is a bit?
The basic unit of all data
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What is a heat sink?
A block of metal designed to cool CPUs
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What is PCI Express?
The connector for video cards
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What is the brain?
The part of the human body the CPU is often compared to.
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What is DDR3?
The type of RAM most common in desktop computers.
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What is the platter?
This part is the "hard disk" in the term hard disk drive
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What is an optical mouse?
The type of mouse that replaced the traditional "ball" mouse.
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What is AMD?
The brand of CPU the motherboard will work with other than Intel.
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What are billions?
The amount of transistors modern CPUs contain
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What is a notch?
The part of the RAM that prevents you from installing it incorrectly.
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What is magnetism?
The scientific principle that allows hard drives to store information.
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What is a GPU or Graphics Processing Unit?
A video card processor.
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What is SATA?
The connector for hard drives.
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What is Gigahertz?
The term used to measure the speed of a CPU
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What is a quad channel kit?
The term for memory sold in sets of four.
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What is the actuator arm?
The read/write head is attached to this.
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What is ATX?
The standard form factor most cases are designed fit.
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What are 24 pins?
The number of pins on the main motherboard power connector.
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What is cache?
The type of memory on board the CPU.
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What is a bus cycle?
The transaction between the CPU and RAM.
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What are terabytes?
The term for trillions of bytes.
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What is 80 plus?
All good power supplies have this power efficiency rating.
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