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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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