Josh's Grad project: 9/27/09

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

I'm not sure anymore ...

The magic idea is getting me to dead ends because each time I google search it's either buying magic or buying a magician. The foundation questions are easy to make up for this topic but searching for information instead of buying for stage magic products is what is dragging me down. I'm not sure if I should continue this or change up my whole project.

Key Terms

1. RAM- a computer memory on which data can be both read and written and on which the location of data does not affect the speed of its retrieval

2. Hard drive- a data-storage device consisting of a drive and one or more hard disks

3. SATA- Serial Advanced Technology Attachment; A computer bus technology primarily designed for transfer of data to and from a hard disk

4. IDE- Integrated Drive Electronics: Standard interface and protocol for hard disks; The disk controller is an integrated part of the hard disk unit

5. Graphics card- A video card, also known as a graphics accelerator card, display adapter, or graphics card, is an expansion card whose function is to generate and output images to a display

6. Power Source-A power supply unit (PSU) is the component that supplies power to a computer. More specifically, a power supply is typically designed to convert 100-120 V (North America and Japan) or 220-240 V (New Zealand, Europe, South America, Africa, Asia and Australia) AC power from the mains to usable low ...

7. Motherboard- A motherboard is the central printed circuit board (PCB) in some complex electronic systems, such as modern personal computers. ...

8. Thermal Paste- a fluid substance, originally with properties akin to grease, which increases the thermal conductivity of a thermal interface by compensating for the irregular surfaces of the components. In electronics, it is often used to aid a component's thermal dissipation via a heat sink.

9. CPU- central processing unit: is the portion of a computer system that carries out the instructions of a computer program, and is the primary element carrying out the computer's functions.

10. Sound card- a computer expansion card that facilitates the input and output of audio signals to and from a computer under control of computer programs.

11. PCI- a computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer.

12. Computer bus- a subsystem that transfers data between computer components inside a computer or between computers.

13.Overclock- To run a processor (CPU), or any electronic logic device, at a speed higher than is recommended by the manufacturer

Josh's Grad project

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

I'm not sure anymore ...

Building a PC collage

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