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