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Learning Unit 1- Hardware
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- 1MotherboardHouses CPU
Chipsets connect the components - 2ChipsetsA collection of integrated circuits which are designed to function together as a unit
- 3DMADirect Memory Access Controller
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Lets hardware systems access system memory independent of the CPU. - 4NorthbridgePort of the motherboard's chipset.
Memory Controller
Connects CPU, RAM, AGP - 5SouthbridgeI/O Controller Hub
Controls I/O devices - 6FSBFront Side Bus
Connects the CPU and other hardware
Address, Data, Control - 7OverclockingThe act of increasing the system clock OR clock multiplication factor to make the computer run faster
- 8Functions of the CPUFETCH
DECODE
EXECUTE
STORE - 9Cache MemoryStores blocks of programme instructions
3 Levels - 10RAMStores in chips on modules
DDR SDRAM - 11LatencyHow much time the memory delays in giving back data requested by the CPU
- 12Graphics BusUses PCI-express
- 13Magnetic Hard DisksNon-volatile
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Stores digitally encoded data on rapidly rotating platters
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Uses magnetic fields - 14Solid State DrivesUse electrical current
- 15Optical CD DrivesMicroscopic bumps arrange the data in a spiral
- 16BIOS System MemoryEnables the computer to do certain tasks without loading a programme from secondary storage
- 17CMOS MemoryComplementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor
Stores BIOS settings - 18Disk CacheFast-access area of the hard disk
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