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What is the system unit? A boxlike case that houses the computers main hardware components
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The Motherboard
Microprocessor Keyboard / Mouse Ports
Memory Slots
Printer Port
Pentium MMX
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Control unit
ALU
Memory
Word size- The maximum number of bits of data that the CPU can process at a time (8 bits, 16 bits, 32 bits, 64 bits)
Operations per cycle (clock speed)- The number of clock cycles per second measured in Megahertz (MHz) or Gigahertz (GHz)
Specifications: Clock Speed: 1.0 GHz System / Front Side Bus Speed: 133 MHz Level 1 Cache: 16K Instruction + 16K data
What is memory?
A term for a device that enables the computer to retain (store) information.
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72 pin connectors. Available in 1MB, 4MB, 16MB, and 32MB versions Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM)- 168 or 184 pin connectors. Available in 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB, 256MB, and 512MB versions Rambus Inline Memory Module (RIMM)
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DIMM
RIMM
NOTEBOOK DIMM
SIMM
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MONITOR
WEB
KEYBOARD
RAM
CPU
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What is a chipset?
A collection of chips that work together Provides circuitry to move data to and from the rest of the computer
Personal Computer Interface (PCI)- Faster than ISA; supports plug and play
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)- Designed for video adapters Universal Serial Bus (USB)- Allows up to 127 devices to be connected to the computer at one time; supports plug and play
Types of ports/connectors
Byte- Eight bits grouped together to represent a character (Alphabetical letters, numbers and punctuation symbols); 256 different combinations.
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= 1 bit 1
= 1 Byte
0
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0 0 1 1 0 1
= 1 Byte
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
=4
0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
=A
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 bits = 1Byte 1024 Bytes = 1 Kilobyte (KB) 1,048,576 Bytes = 1 Megabyte (MB) 1,043,741,824 Bytes = 1 Gigabyte (GB) 1,099,511,627,776 Bytes = 1 Terabyte (TB)
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