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| In My Computer, right click on the C:\ drive, | Show the amount of used and free storage |
| Pressing F10 during system startup, | opens the System setup menu |
| Pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del (or Ctrl+Shift+Esc), | opens task manager which shows all open programs and whether they are running or unresponsive |
| Click StartRuntype in cmd, | opens the Command Prompt window |
| Registry, | database that stores everything about your PC |
| Binary code | computer language of 1’s and 0’s (on and off) |
| Primary partition | designated area to store the operating system, on Windows hard drive |
| Southbridge, | part of the motherboard chipset that handles inputs/outputs to PC devices |
| Northbridge, | chip on the motherboard that connects the CPU to the memory, PCI bus, L2 cache, and AGP |
| BIOS, | basic input/output device, read only memory, handles startup operations and low level control of hardware |
| Bootable disk, | contains a functional operating system to start up CPU |
| Cache | special section of fast memory used to store information most frequently accessed by the CPU |
| Control Panel | location in the Start menu, holding small programs used to configure various computer settings such as User Settings and Network Setup |
| Computer clock is often slow, what does it mean | CMOS battery is weak and should be replaced |
| CMOS | Complimentary Metal Oxide semiconductor- holds informationabout the basic parts of the computer, it is read/writable |
| Black wires usually signify | Ground or Neutral |
| Red wires usually signify | Hot wires |
| Defragment | procedure that improves disk speed by grouping all parts of each file together |
| Disk cleanup | Window utility that helps clean up disks by deleting unused and temporary internet files |
| Partition | section of the storage area of the hard disk |
| BSoD | Blue screen of death-occurs when Windows encounters an unrecoverable error |
| Bus | series of wires connecting two or more electronic devices so they can communicate |
| Bit | single binary digit |
| Byte | unit of eight bits (one character) |
| Partition table | table located in the boot sector of the hard drive, lists every partition on the disk that contains a valid operating system |
| Multiboot | multiple operating systems installed on one machine |
| Last Known Good Configuration | option on the Advanced Startup Options menu-allows you to revert to a previous configuration to troubleshoot/repair major system problems |
