COMPUTER HARDWARE COMPONENTS FUNCTIONS
WHAT IS A MOTHERBOARD
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connects to the motherboard of a computer system using a slot, typically an Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) or a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) connection
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a set of computer instructions in firmware which control input and output operations.
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -PCIe slots and cards A PCIe or PCI express slot is the point of connection between your PC’s “peripheral components” and the motherboard.
Detailed explanation-2: -Installing a graphics card You install a graphics card into a PCI-E x16 slot on your computer’s motherboard (the long, black slots in this picture.) Unless you need to remove an existing GPU, you first need to locate the long PCI-E x16 slot closest to the heat sink of your processor.
Detailed explanation-3: -video card, also called graphics card, integrated circuit that generates the video signal sent to a computer display. The card is usually located on the computer motherboard or is a separate circuit board but is sometimes built into the computer display unit.
Detailed explanation-4: -A video card expansion slot is where the card connects to the motherboard. In the picture above, the video card is inserted into the AGP expansion slot on the computer motherboard. Over the development of computers, there were several types of expansion slots used for video cards.