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System Crystal
What is used to control the speed of the CPU?
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115v
What voltage setting does your power supply need to be set according to US power regulations?
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Thunderbolt Port
Port used to connect high speed devices, usually found on Apple computers.
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Command Line Interface
This is used, instead of GUI, to run programs, make files, create directories along with other functions.
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DRAM(Dynamic RAM)
What was the name of the first RAM in this book?
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Registers
What does the man-in-the-box use to calculate his data?
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Thermal Paste
This needs to be applied to the heat sink before connecting to the CPU.
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Solid State Drive (SSD)
This version of Hard drive has no moving parts.
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Windows Update
Which utility does Windows use to patch your operating system?
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PATA Hard Drives
What Hard drive requires a 40pin/80 pin adapter and needs a master/slave topology?
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MCC
This is now called Northbridge and Southbridge and sits on the motherboard.
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POST Card
What is card the can be used when your system will not boot and has no error tones?
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Random Access Memory
This is used to hold data of a program for the processor to calculate. Does not sit inside.
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Disk Defragmenter
What would you use, in windows, to clean up files that have been written across many sectors on your hard drive?
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App History, Details, or Services
What tab is missing from the Windows 7 version of Task Manager that Windows 8/8.1/10 have?
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Address Bus
What is used to talk to the Northbridge/Southbridge and to tell it what data to pull?
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CHKDSK (Check Disk)
What is the windows utility called that fixes corrupt sectors in a hard drive?
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CMOS Battery
This can be removed and replaced to fix time/data problems.
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Boot Partition
What does the MBR look for in the partition table to load the operating system?
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FAT or FAT16
What File system was one of the first for Windows?
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Cache
What is built into the CPU to allow storage of data next in line for processing?
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Reset the CMOS Jumper
Someone has set a password our your BIOS, how do you reset to factory defaults?
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KVM Switch
What is the device that allows you to connect to multiple computers with a switch of a button.
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Device Manager
This is the utility where you can change/update drivers.
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Expansion Bus Crystal
What did PCI introduce to make the expansion bus run at its own standardized speed?
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