User`s manual

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2-3 Installation
2-3-1 Glossary
Chipset (or core logic) – An 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 - (PCI Express, PCI, ISA, DIMM) - the slots used to mount adapter cards and
system RAM.
PCI Express – A latest Serial Point to Point Protocol PCI Interconnect, PCIE
devices does not share bandwidth.
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 low speed interface typically used for mouse and external modems.
Parallel Port - a low speed interface typically used for printers.
PS/2 - a low speed interface used for mouse and keyboards.
USB - Universal Serial Bus - a medium speed interface typically used for mouse,
keyboards, scanners, and some 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 will have 256K.