Question | Answer |
Ntldr: | The OS boot record program for Windows XP, Ntldr. |
On-board ports: | Ports that are directly on the motherboard, such as a built-in keyboard port or on-board serial port On-board ports. |
partician table: | This table tells BIOS how many partitions the drive has, where each partition begins and ends, and which partition is used for booting (called the active partition), patrician table. |
Peripheral Component Interconnect: | Buses have been improved several times. There are currently three major categories and within each category, several variations of PCI, Peripheral Component interconnect |
PCI Express : | PCI Express uses a serial bus, which is faster than a parallel bus because it transmits data in packets similar to how an Ethernet network, USB, and FireWire transmit data, PCI Express. |
pin grid array : | Sockets aligned with pins aligned in uniform rows around the socket. Used in earlier Pentiums,pin grid array. |
power-on password: | A password that a computer uses to control access during the boot process, power-on password. |
program file: | A program file contains a list of instructions stored in a file, program file. |
riser card: | A card that plugs into a motherboard and allows for expansion cards to be mounted parallel to the motherboard. Expansion cards are plugged into slots on the riser card, riser card. |
Scalable Link Interface: | NVIDIA’s technology for installing two video cards on a motherboard, Scalable link interface. |
soft boot: | A soft boot, or warm boot, involves using the operating system to reboot, soft reboot |
South Bridge: | The slower hub in the Accelerated Hub Architecture, South bridge. |
staggered pin grid array : | Having the pins staggered over the socket to squeeze more pins into a small space, stagger pin grid array. |
standoffs: | Round plastic or metal pegs that separate the motherboard from the case, so that components on the back of the motherboard do not touch the case standoffs. |
track: | Concentric circles on a hard drive. Each track is divided into segments called sectors, and each sector can hold 512 bytes of data, track. |
user password: | A password enabling you to logon to the operating system,user password. |
wait state: | A clock tick in which nothing happens. Used to ensure that the microprocessor is not getting ahead of slower components. A 0-wait state is preferable to a 1-wait state, wait state. |
zero insertion force sockets: | Square or nearly square sockets so that even force is applied when inserting the processor in the socket, all current processor sockets have a lever on the side of the socket, zero insertion force sockets. |