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Central Processing Unit (CPU)-This is a PS/2- A keyboard connector the has six-

thin, flat piece of circuit board, pin and it needs a restart to recognize it to
usually green or gold, and often slightly computer
larger than a typical piece of notebook Plug- It is a part with some type of
paper, the largest inside the system unit projection that goes into a female
and where all components, devices met. connector
-Consider the brain of the computer,
performs all the calculations that take Pixels- This term is an abbreviation of
place inside the PC picture element. This are the tiny dots that
comprise a screen, each of this consists of
red, green and blue
Berg -An old type of power connector that
is used to connect a floppy drive Chipset-This is composed of various
integrated circuits attached to the
Port- It is part that has some type of motherboard that control how system
matching hole or slot that accepts the hardware interacts with the CPU and
male connector motherboard
RJ-11-An RJ connector that is used for Heat sink- It is a big slab of copper or
modems and telephones aluminum that helps draw hear away from
HDMI-A video port connector that has 19- the processor
pin connector and provides digital video Clock Speed- Speed of CPU is called 
and digital audio signals
Resolution- This refers to the level of
Hot swappable- This term use to the USB image detail that can be reproduced. The
that means you can insert or remove them higher of this settings produce the better
without restarting your PC the image quality
Power Supply- One of the component of VGA- A video port that has 15-pin female
system unit that converts alternating- connector and provides analog output to a
current (AC) to direct-current (DC). monitor, usually this is color blue
Provides the necessary electrical power to
FireWire- A type of wire that moves data
make the PC operate
at incredibly high speeds, making it the
Molex- An old type of power connector perfect connection for highly specialized
that is used to connect to an optical drive applications, such as streaming video from
or hard drive a digital video camera onto a hard drive

Contrast- This is the ratio of light to dark Mouse- Computer peripherals that have
pointing device used to control a graphical
Bytes- The amount of programs and data pointer on the monitor for input
that a piece of RAM can store is measured
in units called  Peripherals- All parts that is connected to
RJ-45 -An RJ connector that is used for the system unit is called as
computer network connection DIN, USB, DB- major types of connectors
Northbridge- A chipset who controls of computer
access to the RAM, video card, and the
speed at which the CPU can communicate Jack- This term is used as an alternative
with them to port

DVI- A video port that has a 24-pin female


connector or a 29-pin female connector
and provides compressed digital output to
a monitor, usually this is color white

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