| AB | |
| cools internal materials of computer | |
| heat sink | draws warm away indigenous CPU |
| GPU (acronym) | Graphics handling unit |
| Computers with very fast CPU's and also GPU's might use what type of cooling system? | water |
| ROM (acronym) | Read only Memory |
| firmware | software save in a ROM chip |
| RAM (acronym) | Random accessibility Memory |
| volatile | can be shed when computer powered down |
| Temporary storage location for data the is gift accessed through CPU | RAM |
| The much more RAM a computer system has... You are watching: Small circuit boards that hold a series of ram chips | the more capacity it has to process big programs |
| Early computers had RAM set up in individual chips called | DIP chips |
| DIP (acronym) | Dual Inline Package |
| memory module | memory chips top top a unique circuit board |
| single-sided memory module | only have actually RAM on one side of module |
| double-sided memory module | have lamb on both sides of module |
| cache | extra storage storage place |
| SRAM | used together cache memory |
| SRAM (acronym) | Static RAM |
| static means... | stationary |
| DRAM (acronym) | Dynamic RAM |
| Main memory, slow memory, must be continually refreshed by electric impulses | DRAM |
| FPM dram (acronym) | Fast Page setting DRAM |
| Memory the supports paging...enables faster access to data than continual DRAM. | FPM DRAM |
| EDO storage (acronym) | Extended Data Out |
| Memory the overlaps continuous data accesses. | EDO RAM |
| SDRAM (acronym) | Synchronous DRAM |
| DRAM that operates in sync through the storage bus | SDRAM |
| memory bus | data path between CPU and main memory |
| DDR SDRAM (acronym) | Double Data price SDRAM |
| Memory the transfers data twice as fast as SDRAM. | DDR SDRAM |
| DDR2-SDRAM (acronym) | Double Data rate 2 SDRAM |
| improves power over DDR SDRAM by diminish noise and crosstalk between signal wires | DDR2 SDRAM |
| RDRAM (acronym) | RAMBus DRAM |
| Memory chip developed to interact at an extremely high rates of speed which is not typically used. | RAMBUS DRAM |
| DIP (acronym) | Dual Inline Package |
| Had dual rows that pins supplied to connect it to motherboard | DIP |
| SIMM (acronym) | Single Inline storage Module |
| a small circuit board the holds numerous memory chips. Castle come in 30-pin and 72-pin. | SIMM |
| DIMM (acronym) | Dual Inline memory Module |
| a circuit board the holds SDRAM, DDR SDRAM, and DDR2 SDRAM chips. | DIMM |
| Memory Modules that come in 168-pin, 184-pin and 240-pin modules. | DIMMs |
| RIMM (acronym) | Rambus Inline memory Module |
| Memory module the holds RDRAM chips. | RIMM |
| This memory module frequently has a 184-pin configuration | RIMM |
| L1 | cache incorporated into the CPU |
| L2 | external cache; originally an installed on motherboard near the CPU but now incorporated into the CPU |
| L3 | cacheused top top some deluxe workstations and server CPUs. See more: 2002 Ford Escape Transmission Filter Change, 2002 Ford Escape |
| nonparity | a memory chip that does not inspect for errors in memory |
| parity | memory has eight bits for data aon one little bit for error checking. |
| ECC (acronym) | Error convey Code |
| can detect multiple bit errors in memory and correct single bit errors in memory | ECC |
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