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Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
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show The OS boot record program for Windows XP.  
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On-board ports   show
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show This table tells BIOS how many partitions the drive has, where each partition begins and ends, and which partition is used for booting  
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PCI   show
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show 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.  
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show Sockets aligned with pins aligned in uniform rows around the socket. Used in earlier Pentiums.  
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show A password that a computer uses to control access during the boot process. program file: A program file contains a list of instructions stored in a file.  
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show 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.  
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SLI   show
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soft boot   show
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show The slower hub in the Accelerated Hub Architecture.  
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staggered pin grid array   show
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show 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.  
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show user password  
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wait state   show
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zero insertion force   show
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