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NPower Comptia 220-1001 Chapter 1 Vocab 100% Solved
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NPower Comptia 220-1001 Chapter 1 Vocab 100%Solved
What are the speeds of a CPU measured Correct Ans-Megahertz + Gigahertz
Overclocking Correct Ans-Forcing a CPU to run faster than intended.
Throttling Correct Ans-Lowering the speed of a CPU (To stop the computer from
overheating would be a reason for throttling/Battery saver mode is an example of this)
Hyper-Threading Correct Ans-Tricking a CPU to act as if it has more cores or arms to
different handle tasks.
CPU Form Factors Correct Ans-- PGA + LGA - Two main form factors for CPU
-Intel CPU Form Factor type-LGA (Land Grid Array) and their models use all numbers.
-AMD CPU Form factor-PGA (Pin Grid Array) and their models use letters.
Volatile Correct Ans-meaning that it is lost when the computer is turned off
RAM Correct Ans-Random Access Memory is volatile storage for data and programs that
are being accessed by the CPU.
You can pull it out without it interacting with other chips
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and the Motherboard should accommodate it so don't forcefully place it in.
Non-Parity RAM Correct Ans-RAM that does not have parity, does not check for errors,
mainly used in desktops.
Parity Correct Ans-Checks for errors in RAM
ECC (Error Correcting Code) Correct Ans-Has the possibility to find and try to fix errors in
RAM. *Is a luxury, very expensive, used for servers.
Single, Dual, Triple, Quad Channel Memory Correct Ans-How your RAM best interacts with
each other:
*Single channel - essentially says RAM works best alone
*Dual channel- works best in pairs
*Triple - works best when you have 3 sticks of RAM,
*Quad- works best with 4 sticks of RAM)
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