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show Memory modules on the motherboard containing microchips used to temporarily hold data and programs while the CPU processes both. Information in RAM is lost when the PC is turned off.  
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ROM   show
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S/PDIF   show
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show Storage that is remote to the CPU and permanently holds data, even when the PC is turned off, such as a hard drive.  
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show An ATAPI cabling method that uses a narrower and more reliable cable than the 80–conductor cable. See also parallel ATA.  
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show A male 9–pin or 25–pin port on a computer system used by slower I/O devices such as a mouse or modem. Data travels serially, one bit at a time, through the port. Serial ports are sometimes configured as COM1, COM2, COM3, or COM4.  
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software   show
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show A hard drive that has no moving parts. Also see solid state device (SSD).  
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startup BIOS   show
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system BIOS   show
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show See motherboard.  
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show The bus between the CPU and memory on the motherboard. The bus frequency in documentation is called the system speed, such as 400 MHz. Also called the memory bus, front–side bus, local bus, or host bus.  
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show A line on a bus that is dedicated to timing the activities of components connected to it. The system clock provides a continuous pulse that other devices use to time themselves.  
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traces   show
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show A type of port designed to make installation and configuration of I/O devices easy, providing room for as many as 127 devices daisy–chained together.  
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show An interface card installed in the computer to control visual output on a monitor. Also called display adapter or graphics card.  
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video memory   show
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volatile   show
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