INTE 1100: Final Exam Study Guide Matching
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Issued by a slow device that is not ready
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Wait state
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The system of pathways used for communication which carry data
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Data bus
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A set of rules and standards used for communication
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Protocol
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When one physical machine hosts multiple activities that are normally done on multiple machines
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Virtualization
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A component that provides a small trickle of electricity that enables CMOS RAM to hold configuration data
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CMOS battery
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A device dedicated to timing the activities on the motherboard
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System clock
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Connects to the North Bridge
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Front Side Bus
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A set of components on the motherboard that work closely with the processor to control the memory, buses, and peripherals
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Chipset
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Two small posts or metal pins on the motherboard that are either open or closed
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Jumper
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Installs in a PCI slot and provides another slot at a right angle
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Riser card
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An error checking technology used by DIMMs
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(ECC)
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A Rambus memory module
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RDRAM
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Double-sided DIMMs that provide more than one bank
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Dual ranked
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An error checking technology used by SIMMs
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Parity
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A technology that allows a processor to handle more than one group of instructions
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Hyper-Threading
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The number of clock cycles it takes to write or read a row of data
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RAS Latency
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A task or group of instructions executed by the CPU
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Thread
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A placeholder module used in Rambus memory configurations
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C-RIMM
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Memory chips installed on one side of the module
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Single-sided
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The factor used to determine clock speed between the processor and FSB
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Multiplier
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A chip that contains grids of rows and columns with two transistors at each intersection that hold a zero or one bit
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NAND flash memory
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A standard for communication between a subsystem of peripheral devices and the system bus
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SCSI
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Used at each end of the SCSI chain
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Terminating resistor
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The gateway from the SCSI bus to the system bus
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Host adapter
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A hybrid drive technology supported by Windows 7/Vista
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ReadyDrive
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Uses two hard drives to hold a single Windows volume; sometimes called JBOD
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Spanning
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A RAID 0 volume
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Striped volume
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A feature in startup BIOS that detects a new drive and selects the correct drive configuration
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Autodetection
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A computer's ability to respond to a hardware failure
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Fault tolerance
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A storage configuration in which data is duplicated on one drive to another drive
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Mirrored volume
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Type A 19-pin
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HDMI connector
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Time it takes for a monitor to build one screen
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Refresh rate
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A file system used for optical discs
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CDFS
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The relative difference between light and dark areas on a video screen
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Contrast ratio
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Used to cast a transparent image onto a large screen
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Projector
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Used to display information about hardware and diagnose problems
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dxdiag.exe
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Has a compact design and holds up to 8 GB of data
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xD-Picture Card
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Used with a graphics tablet and works like a pencil
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Stylus
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Uses a thin LED layer or film between two grids of electrodes
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OLED
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Another term for graphics tablet
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Digitizer
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A type of electrophotographic printer that can range from a small, personal desktop model to a large, network printer capable of handling and printing large volumes continuously
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Laser printer
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Uses a print head that moves across the paper creating one line with each pass
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Inkjet printer
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Creates a printed page by using some mechanism that touches or hits the paper
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Impact printer
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Builds the page and then sends it to the printer
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Windows GDI
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Text data that contains no embedded control characters is sent to the printer as is, and the printer can print it without any processing
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Raw data
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Long-handled brush made of nylon fibers that are charged with static electricity
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Extension magnet brush
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Bits in rows and columns
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Bitmap
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Each row in a bitmap
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Raster line
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Are usually caused by a problem with the image drum or toner cartridge
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Ghost images
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Used to align and/or clean inkjet nozzles
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Calibration
