MEANING

1.) Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)- is a high-speed point-to-point channel for attaching a video card to a computer's motherboard, primarily to assist in the acceleration of 3D computer graphics. 2.) PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) - is an interconnection system between a microprocessor and attached devices in which expansion slots are spaced closely for high speed operation. 3.) Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) - is a type of bus used in PCs for adding expansion cards. For example, an ISA slot may be used to add a video card, a network card, or an extra serial port. 4.) Power supply unit (PSU) - converts mains AC to low-voltage regulated DC power for the internal components of the computer. Modern personal computers universally use a switched-mode power supply. Some power supplies have a manual selector for input voltage, while others automatically adapt to the supply voltage. 5.) CMOS - A battery that maintains the time, date, hard disk and other configuration settings in the CMOS memory. CMOS batteries are small and are attached directly to the motherboard. 6.) Central Processing Unit (CPU) - is the portion of a computer system that carries out the instructions of a computer program, to perform the basic arithmetical, logical, and input/outputoperations of the system. 7.) BIOS - Basic Input/Output System is an important function of your computer to test the the operation of your system. BIOS (pronounced BAYOS), in computing, stands for Basic Input/Output System. 8.) Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM) - is dynamic random access memory (DRAM) that is synchronized with thesystem bus. 9.) Extended Data Out (EDO) - Dynamic Random Access Memory a type ofDRAM that is faster than conventional DRAM. Unlike conventional DRAM which can only access one block of data at a time, EDO RAM can start fetching the next block of memory at the same time that it sends the previous block to the CPU.

10.) DVD-ROM - A read-only DVD disc used to permanently store data files. DVDROM discs are widely used to distribute large software applications that exceed the capacity of a CD-ROM disc. DVD-ROM discs are read in DVD-ROM and DVDRAM drives in computers.

11.) Local Area Network (LAN) - is a computer network that interconnects computers in a limited area such as a home, school, computer laboratory, or office building. 12.) Network Interface Controller (network interface card, network adapter,LAN adapter -is a computer hardware component that connects acomputer to a computer network. 13.) Modem (modulator-demodulator) - is a device that modulates an analog carrier signal to encode digital information, and also demodulates such a carrier signal to decode the transmitted information. 14.) SIMM, or single in-line memory module - is a type of memory module containing random access memory used in computers from the early 1980s to the late 1990s. SIMMs were invented and patented by Wang Laboratories. Wang invented what was to become the basic memory module, now known as a SIMM (single in-line memory module) in 1983. 15.) DIMM or dual in-line memory module - comprises a series of dynamic randomaccess memory integrated circuits. These modules are mounted on a printed circuit board and designed for use in personal computers,workstations and servers. The main difference between SIMMs and DIMMs is that DIMMs have separate electrical contacts on each side of the module, while the contacts on SIMMs on both sides are redundant. 16.) Double data rate synchronous dynamic random-access memory (DDR SDRAM) is a class of memory integrated circuits used in computers. DDR SDRAM (sometimes referred to as DDR1 SDRAM) has been superseded by DDR2 SDRAM and DDR3 SDRAM, neither of which are eitherforward or backward compatible with DDR SDRAM, meaning that DDR2 or DDR3 memory modules will not work in DDR equipped motherboards, and vice versa.