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AGP
Accelerated Graphics Port - Expansion slot on motherboard, designed specifically for Graphics cars, fast than PCI but not PCI-E TERM 2
AMD
DEFINITION 2 Advanced Micro Device - CPU manufacturer that is rival to Intel TERM 3
ATA
DEFINITION 3 Advanced Technology Attachment - Older standard to connect hard devices and optical drives to motherboard, also known as IDE, PATA and predecessor to SATA TERM 4
ATI
DEFINITION 4 Array Technologies Incorporated - Graphics card manufacturer, competitor to Nvidia, company was purchased by AMD in 2005 TERM 5
ATX
DEFINITION 5 Advanced Technology Extended - Modern form factor and size of motherboards
CPU
Central Processing Unit - "Brains" of the computer that performs the calculations/processing TERM 7
Crossfire
DEFINITION 7 Proprietary way that 2 or more ATI video cards can connect and share resources TERM 8
DDR
DEFINITION 8 Dual Data Rate Three - Type of random access memory, successor to DDR TERM 9
DIMM
DEFINITION 9 Slot on motherboard where RAM is seated TERM 10
DPI
DEFINITION 10 Dots Per Inch - Resolution with images, commonly associated with pictures, monitors, printers, ect.
HDMI
High Definition Multimedia Interface - Cable/Interface capable of transmitting video and audio on cable, digital signal TERM 17
Hz
DEFINITION 17 Hertz - Known as the cycle per second, used in measuring CPU speeds TERM 18
IDE
DEFINITION 18 Integrated Drive Electronics - See ATA TERM 19
Intel
DEFINITION 19 Worlds largest semiconductor chip processor, manufacturers CPU's TERM 20
LCD
DEFINITION 20 Liquid Crystal Display - Type of display used in most flat panel monitors
Nvidia
Graphics card manufacturer, also makes chipsets TERM 22
PATA
DEFINITION 22 Parallel Advanced Technology Extended - See ATA TERM 23
PCI
DEFINITION 23 Peripheral Component Interconnect - Expansion slot on motherboard, often used for devices such as sound cards, network cards, modems, etc. TERM 24
PCIe
DEFINITION 24 Peripheral Component Interconnect Express - Expansion slot on motherboard which doubles the transfer rate of PCI, used for high speed devices such as a video card TERM 25
SATA
DEFINITION 25 Serial Advanced Technology Attachment - Current standard used to connect to drives and optical storage devices, faster than ATA/IDE/EIDE/{ATA
BIOS
Basic Input Output System - Built in software that initializes and identifies system devices TERM 32
RPM
DEFINITION 32 Revolutions Per Minute - Measurement of how fast a device spins, most commonly used with hard drives TERM 33
PS/
DEFINITION 33 Older Style port developed by IBM to connect a mouse or keyboard TERM 34
RAID
DEFINITION 34 Redundant Array of Independent Disks - A group of disk drives acting together as one drive that can provide increased speed and fault tolerance
