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2-3 Install CPU
2-3-1 Glossary
Chipset (or core logic)
– A highly integrated circuits which control the interfaces
between the system processor, RAM, I/O devises, and adapter cards.
Processor slot/socket
- the slot or socket used to mount the system processor on the
motherboard.
Slot (AGP, PCI, ISA, RAM)
- the slots used to mount adapter cards and system RAM.
PCI
- Peripheral Component Interconnect - a high speed interface for video cards, sound
cards, network interface cards, and modems; runs at 33MHz.
ISA
- Industry Standard Architecture - a relatively low speed interface primarily used for
sound cards and modems; runs at approx. 8MHz.
Serial Port
- a serial data transfer interface typically used for mouse and external
modems.
Parallel Port
- a parallel data transfer interface typically used for printers.
PS/2
- a low speed interface used for mouse and keyboards.
USB
- Universal Serial Bus - a PnP connect interface used for mouse, keyboards,
scanners, printers, hard drive, DVD/ CDROM and digital cameras.
Sound (interface)
- the interface between the sound card or integrated sound connectors
and speakers, MIC, game controllers, and MIDI sound devices.
LAN (interface)
- Local Area Network - the interface to your local area network.
BIOS (Basic Input/Output System)
- the program logic used to boot up a computer and
establish the relationship between the various components.
Driver
- software, which defines the characteristics of a device for use by another device
or other software.
Processor
- the "Central Processing Unit" (CPU); the principal integrated circuit used for
doing the "computing" in "personal computer"
Front Side Bus Frequency
- the working frequency of the motherboard, which is
generated by the clock generator for CPU, DRAM and PCI BUS.
CPU L2 Cache
- the flash memory inside the CPU, normally Intel P4 CPU has 512K or
above, while Celeron M 600MHz has 0K.
