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Computer Hardware
Computer hardware is a general term used to refer to all the physical parts of a computer. Internal hardware devices include hard drives and motherboards, while external hardware devices include monitors, mice, keyboards, and printers.
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What is the purpose of a thermal fuse?
To break the circuit if the temperature of it exceeds the rated current. Used in mains frequency transformers to disconnect it from the mains if it gets above a certain temperature to prevent it from catching fire.
it means using a USB to power something instead of a plug
Why LED of FDD is Continuously glow?
This is a question from the A+ test!!!!!!
The answer is that the cable is reversed at one end.
The cable must be plugged in correctly at both the ends.
The red wire on the cable shows the pin 1 end of the connector and must be plugged in correctly on the MB and the drive.
1. This means that transmit and receive pairs are internally swapped to maintain proper signal alignment of the TX and RX wire pairs
What happens if you cable a PATA hard drive incorrectly?
The system will not be able to communicate with that hard drive.
Where is the partition table on a hard drive found?
Most of the time the boot partition and the system partition are the same partition on the drive C.
The 27 meanings from acronym dot com:
* may have to do with computers *
- Master Promissory Note
- Most Probable Number (microbiology method)
- * Medical Provider Network *
- * Microsoft Partner Network (business community) *
- Mobil Producing Nigeria
- Minority Professional Network (Atlanta, GA)
- Mennonite Publishing Network
- Manufacturer's Part Number
- Myeloproliferative Neoplasm
- Military Personnel, Navy
- Maximum Possible Number (EPA)
- * Managed Private Network *
- * Mode Partition Noise *
- * MSE Packet Network *
- * Mobile Private Network *
- Mean Probable Number
- Military Pay, Navy
- Mature Professionals Network
- Modulatory Proctolin Neuron
- * Mission Packet-Switch Network *
- Management Professional Network (IEEE)
- Modular Personal Network (Celume)
- Mobility Position Number
- McCulloch-Pitts Neural Model
- * Message Packet Network *
- Messaging Pipeline Newsletter (web newsletter)
- More Productive Now! (blog)
What are the three sizes of usb ports?
0 / Standard, MiniUSB, and MicroUSB are the three sizes. Enjoy!
What are examples of display device?
An example of a display device would be: A computer screen, this displays what is happening on the computer system, so that the user can make any changes or modifications.
What types of media are usually used for data backup?
There are four primary types of media used for data backup.
1) DVDs - I find these tedious and space consuming but cheap and they'll do the trick. They do have the slowest data transfer rate of the possible media used for data transfer.
2) Hard Drive - Whether an external drive or an internal one docked in a "toaster" (A sata 3 docking station which allows the user to connect an internal hard drive to a different computer VIA USB so one doesn't have to physically hook it up to the motherboard)
3) Cloud Storage- Free services like skydrive or Dropbox (or icloud if you're a Mac user) are great for transferring documents between devices or to a new computer!
4) Flash media - Flash Drives and SSD Hard Drives are among the fastest ways to move data around!
Is disk drive an example of output device?
No a disk drive is neither input or output device, it is an optical disk drive (for CD/DVD's) and a disk drive (for hard drives) would be a storage device.
What is psu in system unit and its function?
A PSU in a system unit is the power supply unit. It provides well-regulated power for the computer and its peripherals.
What is the term for a special kind of high frequency power supply used in computers and monitors?
It is a switching regulator.
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