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54 Cards in this Set
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a ______ ______ _____ is initiated by malicious software when it attempts to run its ____ from and area of ____ assigned to another ____ for its data. |
buffer overflow attack code memory program |
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____ ____ is the number of _____ cycles it takes read a column off of a memory module and ___ ____ is how long it takes to read a ____. the ____ the number the better. you may see a group of 4 numbers, the first 2 in order are... |
CAS latency Ras Latency - rows lower Cas Latency-Ras Latency |
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some of intels mobile devices utilize _____ technology in which the ____, ____ and ____ ___ are all integrated |
Centrino |
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____ ram is a technology that runs _____ the speed of the system clock, and uses ____ pins. also called ____ _____ _______ ___ |
DDR
twice 184 DDR SDRAM SDRAM II DDR |
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Each successive generation of ram has been _____ and uses ____ power |
faster
less |
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a ____ is a miniature circuit board installed on the ____ to hold ____. |
DIMM (Dual Inline Memory Module)
motherboard memory |
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some dimms are _____ _____, meaning they have ______ ___ installed on both sides of a dimm. |
double-sided
memory chips |
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some motherboards have a ____ ___ feature that improves performance by providing ___ channels between the ____ and the ____. The following dimms types can use this. |
dual channel
2 memory chipset DDR, DDR2, DDR3 DDR4 |
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A server motherboard might have two processor sockets, called - ____ ____ or a _____ ____ |
dual processors |
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some dimms are ___ ____, meaning they have 2 ___ bit banks. They ___ ____ access one and then the other, which performs _____ than a single ranked dimm. |
dual ranked
64 memory controller worse |
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Memory on the motherboard loses ____ rapidly and must be ______, therefore it is called ______ memory or ________ ram. ______ is faster than _____. |
data refreshed volatile memory dynamic ram (dram) Sram Dram |
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some motherboards have a chipset feature that checks the integrity of data stored on dimms and rimms and can correct ___ ___ errors in a byte. More advanced version can ____ but not _____ double _____ errors in a byte. This is called...
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single bit detect correct ECC (Error-Correcting Code) |
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called ____ ___ by intel, ____ ____ by AMD and ___ _____ ___ by Comptia, ____ ____ _____ is security build into a _____ so that work with the operating system to designate an area of ___ for holding ____ or ___. |
eXecute Disable Enhanced Virus Protection Disable execute Execute Disable Bit (EDB) processor memory data instructions |
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a processor might include an integrate ____ ___ ___, a processor that manipulates ___ ___ to form images on the monitor. a ___ might be on the a ____ ____, on the ____ or embedded in the ___ ___, a setup called ____ ____. |
Graphic Processing Unit graphic data GPU video card motherboard cpu package integrated graphics |
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to have ______, each processor or core processes ___ threads at a time. In an intel chip this is called ____ _____ and in an AMD chip it is called _______ _______ |
Hyper-threading |
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________ ________ ____ is memory located on the processor chip. |
Level 1 Cache |
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Memory in the processor package, but not on the processor die is called |
Level 2 Cache |
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some processors use a 3rd _____, farther from the ____ ____ but still in the processor package, which is called ____ ____ ____ |
cache processor core Level 3 Cache |
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the memory a processor accesses at one time is the ______ _____ and it is ____ bits wide, some double sided banks provide more than one ____ called ____ _____ which are _____ effective. |
memory bank 64 bank dual ranked less |
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Multiple processors can be installed in a ____ _____, which is called ______ processing. A processor might contain up to ____ cores which can each handle ___ threads. This means a processor with 4 cores can handle ___ threads. |
processor housing multicore processing 4 2 8 |
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the ______ is the factor by which ___ speed of frequency is multiplied to get the CPU ____ ___. |
multiplier
bus clock speed |
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two processing units (called ____ _____ ____) installed on a single processor are called ________. |
multiprocessing |
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some motherboards offer a ____ ______, meaning there are more than one _____ _____. The processors must be rated to work in this environment |
multiprocessor platform
processor socket |
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an older error checking scheme used with simms is called ____, in which a ____ bit is added so that there are an ___ number of ____'s for even parity and an odd number for odd parity. |
parity
9th even 1's |
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a _____ _____ happens when an unexpected number of 1's appears in a byte |
parity error |
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The ____ _____ is the speed at which the processor is measured in _____. |
processor frequency hertz (giga hertz) |
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some mother board utilize ___ ____ to access 4 dimms at the same time |
quad channels
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the number of clock cycles to read a row of data off of a memory module ____ |
RAS Latency
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______ is an older type of memory developed by _____, inc. |
Rimm
rambus |
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an outdated miniature circuit board designed to hold ram. held sizes including ____ __ __ or __.... |
SIMM (Single Inline Memory Module 8 16 32 64 |
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in a ______ channel system the memory controller can only access 1 ____ at a time |
single channel dimm |
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dimm that has memory chips on one side... |
single-sided
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a ____ ____ is the memory module in laptop computers. the pin vales are different. DDR3 has ____ pins, ddr2 has ____ and older ram dimms will have __ pins or ___ pins |
So-DIMM (Small outline dimm)
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memory used in a _______ _____ is called ___ _____. it can hold power without ______ as long as _____ is available. |
memory cache Static RAM (SRAM) refreshing power |
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the first ram to run with the system clock is _______ ____ which has ___ notch(es) and ___ pins, its speed is measured in ____ |
synchronous Dram (SDRAM) 2 168 hz mhz ghz |
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____ ____ is a creamlike substance that is placed between the bottom of the ____ ____ ____ and the top of the ________, making an airtight seal to transfer ____ |
thermal compound cooler heat sink processor heat |
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each process that the processor is aware of is called a _____ |
thread
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only DDR3 supports ____ channels, which accesses 3 dimms at the same to,e |
triple channels |
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older ____ bit processors are also called ____ processors |
x86 processor |
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newer processors can use ___ bit or ___ bit architecture and are called _______ processors |
x86-64 bit processor |
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6 components in a processor... |
IO unit control unit arithmetic logic unit registers internal memory caches buses |
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each processor has its own ____ and can also ____ a ____ |
cache share cache |
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Intel's current families of processors include the following 4 |
core, atom, celeron, pentium |
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5th generation processors, nicknamed _________ come in core __ and core ___. |
broadwell i5 i7 |
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4th generation processors, also nicknamed ______ processors come in ___ types, core ___, ___ and ___ |
haswell 3 i3 i5 i7 |
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3rd generation processors , also nicknamed ____ _____ come in ___ types , ___, ___ and __. |
Ivy Bridge 3 i3 i5 i7 |
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2nd generation processors, also nicknamed ___ ____, comes in __ types, __ ___, __, __, __, __. |
sandy bridge 5 i7 extreme i7 i5 i3 penium |
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previous generation processors include 8 types... 4 cores 1 ____ 3 celeron 3 core 2 4 pentium |
i7 extreme i7 i5 i3 atom celeron, celeron desktop, celeron d core 2 extreme core 2 quad, core 2 duo pentium pentium, pentium 4, pentium d |
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the current families of AMD processors include 4.... |
FX Black Phenom Athlon Sempron |
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The FX- black family includes 3 types ... |
fx 4 fx 6 fx 8 |
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The phenom family includes 7 processors |
Phenom II x6 Phenom II x6 black Phenom II x4 Phenom II x3 Phenom II x2 Phenom x4 Phenom x3 |
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The Athlon Family includes 6 processors |
Athlon II x4 Athlon X4 Athlon II x3 Athlong II x2 Athlon x2 Athlong |
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The sempron family includes ____ processrs |
1 sempron |
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some ram has a feature that reports its ____, _____,______ and _____ ____ width to the motherboard. this is called ___ _____ _______ |
size speed voltage data path width serial presence detect |