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Nt1210 Chapter 4 Summary

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1. To build your own computer (which I have done a couple time) at a minimum you need a central processing unit, a motherboard, random access memory, graphics processing unit (graphics card), hard drive or a solid-state drive (SSD), power supply unit, and a computer case.
2. A core is usually the basic computation unit of the CPU - it can run a single program context (or multiple ones if it supports hardware threads such as hyperthreading on Intel CPUs), maintaining the correct program state, registers, and correct execution order, and performing the operations through ALUs.
3. Hyper-threading allows the two logical CPU cores to share physical execution resources.
4. Supercomputers are built especially for assignments …show more content…

Volatile memory is the RAM memory that is lost when your system is rebooted. Nonvolatile memory is the data that gets saved to your ROM memory. An example of Volatile is when a mac computers program is not responding and closes automatically its reopens your latest work rather than losing your work. An example of Nonvolatile is saving your work onto a flash drive or cd.
11. Main qualities to look for in an LCD are the size, brightness, contrast ratio, and pixel pitch.
12. Motherboard store data in a circuit.
13. DVD (digital video disc) come in a variety of recording options and can store 9.4 GB, more advanced DVDs has the capacity of 50GB. CD (compact disc) come in several types: CD-ROM, CD-R and CD-RW.
14. The footprint is the area that a computer occupies. A smaller footprint leaves more desk space for other devices.
15. Important features to consider before purchasing a PC is the power (speed, RAM capacity), expandability, ports, ergonomics, compatibility (with hardware and software), footprint, support, warranty, and cost.
16. If he were looking for a small a storage device I would recommend him to carry a tablet computer. It looks like a notebook computer without a keyboard and mouse. The user can handwrite text, which automatically turns into typed text, it is enthusiastically received among

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