Parts Inside the Computer Techie Terms you will see during your research project
Circuit Boards Motherboard Daughter Cards Peripheral Cards
Hard Drives Obsolete: SCSI Old: IDE (also called ATA or PATA) New: Serial-ATA (SATA)
Expansion Slots (Desktop) Obsolete: ISA, EISA, VESA Old: PCIPCI New: PCI Express (x2, x4, x8, x16)
Expansion Slots (Laptop) Old: PCMCIA New: ExpressCardExpressCard
RAM Too many to mention them all Obsolete: SIMMs, RAMBUS Old: DIMMs New: DDR2 ule2e1.htmhttp:// ule2e1.htm
Optical Drives Obsolete: CD-ROM, DVD-ROM Old: CD-RW, DVD+-RW New: Dual Layer DVD recorders, BluRay*, HD-DVD* *These are so cutting edge, they may not be worth the price yet.
Power Power Supplies: higher wattage=more expansion and more power consumption Batteries: many different sizes and kinds
Cooling Fans Heat Sinks Liquid Cooling
Wireless Networking Obsolete: b Old: g New: n
Wired Networking Obsolete: 10 mbit/sec Old: 100 mbit/sec New: gigabit (1000 mbit/sec)
Connecting Peripherals Obsolete: PS/2 style, serial, parallel Old: USB, Firewire New: Bluetooth