Central Processing Oops, I Broke it... What device is this? Software, Oh Software Old Timers
100
System Crystal
What is used to control the speed of the CPU?
100
115v
What voltage setting does your power supply need to be set according to US power regulations?
100
Thunderbolt Port
Port used to connect high speed devices, usually found on Apple computers.
100
Command Line Interface
This is used, instead of GUI, to run programs, make files, create directories along with other functions.
100
DRAM(Dynamic RAM)
What was the name of the first RAM in this book?
200
Registers
What does the man-in-the-box use to calculate his data?
200
Thermal Paste
This needs to be applied to the heat sink before connecting to the CPU.
200
Solid State Drive (SSD)
This version of Hard drive has no moving parts.
200
Windows Update
Which utility does Windows use to patch your operating system?
200
PATA Hard Drives
What Hard drive requires a 40pin/80 pin adapter and needs a master/slave topology?
300
MCC
This is now called Northbridge and Southbridge and sits on the motherboard.
300
POST Card
What is card the can be used when your system will not boot and has no error tones?
300
Random Access Memory
This is used to hold data of a program for the processor to calculate. Does not sit inside.
300
Disk Defragmenter
What would you use, in windows, to clean up files that have been written across many sectors on your hard drive?
300
App History, Details, or Services
What tab is missing from the Windows 7 version of Task Manager that Windows 8/8.1/10 have?
400
Address Bus
What is used to talk to the Northbridge/Southbridge and to tell it what data to pull?
400
CHKDSK (Check Disk)
What is the windows utility called that fixes corrupt sectors in a hard drive?
400
CMOS Battery
This can be removed and replaced to fix time/data problems.
400
Boot Partition
What does the MBR look for in the partition table to load the operating system?
400
FAT or FAT16
What File system was one of the first for Windows?
500
Cache
What is built into the CPU to allow storage of data next in line for processing?
500
Reset the CMOS Jumper
Someone has set a password our your BIOS, how do you reset to factory defaults?
500
KVM Switch
What is the device that allows you to connect to multiple computers with a switch of a button.
500
Device Manager
This is the utility where you can change/update drivers.
500
Expansion Bus Crystal
What did PCI introduce to make the expansion bus run at its own standardized speed?






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