User`s manual

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, 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.

Serial Port - a low speed legacy interface typically used for mouse and external modems.

Parallel Port - a low speed legacy interface typically used for printers.

PS/2 - a low speed legacy 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.