Chapter 1 Flashcards
The physical look and design of the case
form factor
Original power supply for legacy computer systems
Advanced Technology
Updated version of the AT
AT Extended
The most common power supply on the market today
ATX12V
Originally designed for network servers but is now commonly used in high end desktop models
EPS12V
consists of the integrated circuits on
the motherboard that control how system
hardware interacts with the CPU and
motherboard.
Chipset
Controls high speed access to the
RAM and video card.
North Bridge
Allows the CPU to communicate
with slower speed devices including hard drives,
Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports, and expansion
slots.
South Bridge
The biggest size of motherboard
ATX
A small version of atx
Micro atx
A small version of itx
Mini itx
A comparable form factor to micro atx
itx
the pins are on the underside of the
processor package and is inserted into the motherboard CPU
socket.
Pin grid array
the pins are in the socket instead of
on the processor.
Land grid array
Memory read at high speeds but not capable of being changed by program instructions
Read only memory
