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Rtm st2 ch5

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North Bridge   The faster hub in the Accelerated Hub Architecture.  
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Ntldr   The OS boot record program for Windows XP  
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On-board ports   Ports that are directly on the motherboard, such as a built-in keyboard port or on-board serial port.  
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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).  
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PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect)   Buses have been improved several times. There are currently three major categories and within each category, several variations of PCI.  
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PCI Express (PCIe)   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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pin grid array (PGA)   Sockets aligned with pins aligned in uniform rows around the socket. Used in earlier Pentiums.  
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power-on password   A password that a computer uses to control access during the boot process.  
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program file   A program file contains a list of instructions stored in a file.  
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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.  
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SLI (Scalable Link Interface)   NVIDIA’s technology for installing two video cards on a motherboard.  
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soft boot   A soft boot, or warm boot, involves using the operating system to reboot.  
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South Bridge   The slower hub in the Accelerated Hub Architecture.  
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staggered pin grid array (SPGA)   Having the pins staggered over the socket to squeeze more pins into a small space.  
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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.  
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track   Concentric circles on a hard drive. Each track is divided into segments called sectors, and each sector can hold 512 bytes of data.  
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user password   A password enabling you to logon to the operating system.  
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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.  
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zero insertion force (ZIF) 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.  
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