Thematic evaluation on topic "Computer hardware and its main components" (Variant 1)

a core

a planar

an abacus

a circuit

Pico BTX

AI Simulator

UNIVAC1 Assembler

Ivy Bridge

the number and location of interface slots for connecting RAM, video cards, etc.

a brief comparison of motherboards;

a kind of a specified configuration mode;

dimension standards established by manufacturers;

Hard drive

BIOS

Static RAM

Assemblers

It’s the built-in core processor software responsible for booting up your system;

This is a particular machine language;

This is a firmware on a chip on the motherboard;

A component that is needed to be refreshed on a regular basis;

starting the computer system after it is powered on;

placing the memory on a refresh circuit that rewrites the data;

managing data flow between the operating system (OS) and attached devices;

running and executing some computer programmes;

It's placed in cache memory

It’s embedded  into a computer as a motherboard chip;

It’s embedded to the CPU;

It’s an external media;

computer software

network adapters

modems

disk controllers

memory contents as long as power is being supplied;

the drivers of the main components (keyboard, floppy drive, hard disk, etc.)

initial start of the computer;

new industry standards;

A self-test procedure which makes assessment of the data flow;

procedure is a power-on self-test for the processor, memory, chipset, video adapter, etc.;

procedure which starts immediately after the motherboard is turned on;

Phoenix BIOS

reboot

options

management system

maintenance