GIAC GFACT Exam Review Book 1
Study Guide
Motherboard - Answer-A circuit board that contains all of the computer system's main
components.
Sizes:
E-ATX: The largest size, known as 'extended ATX'.
ATX: The 'standard' size.
micro-ATX: Smaller than ATX.
mini-ITX: Even smaller still.
Type 1 Hy...
Power supply or Power Supply Unit (PSU) - Answer✔✔-responsible for taking power from either
the mains power supply or a battery (in the case of laptops) and converting then delivering it to
the computer components.
SATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) data cable - Answer✔✔-used for powering hard
drives
ATX (Advanced Technology Extended) cable - Answer✔✔-runs to the motherboard
PCI Express (PCIe) - Answer✔✔-runs to the graphics card
Bits - Answer✔✔-the smallest unit of data in a computer
All data in a computer system is made up of bits:
1 byte is 8 bits.
1 kilobyte (kB) is 1000 bytes.
1 megabyte (MB) is 1000 kilobytes.
1 gigabyte (GB) is 1000 megabytes.
1 terabyte (TB) is 1000 gigabytes.
Oh, and 4 bits (half a byte) is called a nibble...
1024 Byte - Answer✔✔-1 byte is 8 bits.
1 kibibyte (KiB) is 1024 bytes.
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