COMPUTER HARDWARE COMPONENTS FUNCTIONS
WHAT IS A MOTHERBOARD
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Floppy diskette drive
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Uninterruptible power supply
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An Internet connection
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The Windows administrator password
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Detailed explanation-1: -BIOS identifies, configures, tests and connects computer hardware to the OS immediately after a computer is turned on. The combination of these steps is called the boot process.
Detailed explanation-2: -BIOS, in full Basic Input/Output System, computer program that is typically stored in EPROM and used by the CPU to perform start-up procedures when the computer is turned on. Its two major procedures are determining what peripheral devices (keyboard, mouse, disk drives, printers, video cards, etc.)
Detailed explanation-3: -What is the advantage of using Flash BIOS? It enables changing the BIOS by using an update file instead of having to install a new chip.
Detailed explanation-4: -Read-only memory, or ROM, is a type of computer storage containing non-volatile, permanent data that, normally, can only be read, not written to. ROM contains the programming that allows a computer to start up or regenerate each time it is turned on.