(abbr. Advanced Graphics Port) An expansion slot inside a computer specifically for video cards. see Identifying Expansion Slots

one character, a single letter, digit, space or symbol

The box that is your computer. Some people refer to it as the hard drive.

(abbr. Central Processor Unit) The main chip that drives the computer. Typically, has a heatsink with a fan on it. see Identify a CPU.

(aka IEEE 1394, Sony i.Link) A newer connection standard developed by Apple. Similar to USB. Designed for high speed digital video and data throughput. see Identify Firewire connections

(abbr. Front Side Bus) This is the frequency of the signal being sent to your CPU, and usually to your RAM also. Your CPU then takes this frequency and applies a multiplier to it. The end result is the frequency that your CPU is running at.
Ex. 100MHz FSB * 8x Multipilier = 800Mhz CPU

prefix, a unit of 1 billion, (1,000,000) in computer terms it refers to 2³⁰ or 1024*1024*1024, or 1,073,741,824 and 'gig' is usually used as an abbreviation of gigabyte (GB).

(also hard disk, 'C' drive) a device inside of your computer, usually attached to a flashing LED (light) on the front of the computer. Used for storage.

(abbr. HeatSink and Fan) a device consisting of a fan attached to a heatsink (typ. metal fins) used to cool hot chips in the computer (usually the CPU, graphics card, northbridge chip).

(abbr.) An internal 40-pin connection for hard drives, CD-ROMS, Zip drives. see IDE settings

(abbr.) An obsolete expansion slot inside a computer used for a variety of devices. see Identifying Expansion Slots

prefix, a unit of 1000, in computer terms it refers to 2¹⁰ or 1024 and 'k' is usually used as an abbreviation of kilobyte (KB).

(abbr. Light Emitting Diode) a type of light commonly used in computers. The type of lights found on the front of your computer.

see motherboard

prefix, a unit of 1 million, (1,000,000) in computer terms it refers to 2²⁰ or 1024*1024, or 1,048,576 and 'meg' is usually used as an abbreviation of megabyte (MB).

(also mainboard, systemboard) Usually the largest board in a computer. Located at the back or bottom in the computer case. The board that almost everything connects to, including CPU, RAM, expansion cards, power, and usually the drives.

(abbr. Network Interface Card) A card used to connect a computer to other computes on a network.

see operating system

The software the runs the computer and your programs that starts when you turn your computer on. Common operating systems are Windows, OS/2, UNIX, Linux (RedHat,SuSE,Mandrake).

(abbrev. Peripheral Component Interconnect) An expansion slot inside a computer used for a variety of devices. see Identifying Expansion Slots

non-standard, a design that belongs to the company that produced it and probably incompatible with other designs and standards.

(abbrev. Random Access Memory) This is what most people are taking about when they say 'memory'. Some people though are talking about the 'hard drive' when they say 'memory'. This is usually the sticks that are put into the computer and the numbers that scroll by when your computer starts up. It is volatile, in that, when power is turned-off, everything is lost from RAM. Identify RAM.

see Serial ATA

(SATA) a new storage device connetion. Successor to IDE connetions. First revision of the standard starts as speeds of 150MBp. Runs data over 7 wires and data is sent in serial communication.

In MS-Windows^tm, the lower right area of the screen on the start bar. see here

see motherboard

prefix, a unit of 1 trillion, (1,000,000,000,000) in computer terms it refers to 2⁴⁰ or 1024*1024*1024*1024, or 1,099,511,627,776 and is usually used as an abbreviation of terabyte (TB).

(abbreviation for Universal Serial Bus) A connection capable of powering devices through the data cable and connecting upto 127 devices through the same port. Identify USB ports.