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| ROM BIOS or firmware chips that can be upgraded without replacing the chips are called _______. |
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| BIOS setup allows a technician to change configuration settings on a motherboard stored in ______. |
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| A _____ diagnostic card is useful when troubleshooting startup errors caused by hardware. |
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| _______ level the AC to reduce brownouts and spikes. |
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| A surge suppressor protects a computer against damaging spikes in _______ ______. |
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| Two or more video cards installed on a motherboard use ______ or _______ technology. |
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| The _____ setup program is used to change the settings in ______. |
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| Case fans help to draw ____ into and out of the case. |
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| ______ _______ ______ are sometimes used by hobbyists when overclocking a system. |
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| The _____ multiplier is the ____ the system bus speed is multiplied by to get the processor speed. |
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| _____ can have gold or tin edge connectors. |
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| _____ are installed in banks of four or two modules. |
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| Match ____ to the ____ used in the memory slot. |
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| Two file systems used for hard drives are ____ (the older system) and ____ (the newer system). |
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| A hard disk drive (HDD) comes in two sizes: ____ for desktop computers, and _____ for laptops. |
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| _____ is an interface standard for high-end hard drives used in servers. |
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| After a floppy disk drive is _______, you must configure the drive in ____ setup. |
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| Use _____ _____ under _____ to manage hardware devices. |
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Device Manager and Windows |
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| Serial ports use a _____ or _____ connector. |
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| Parallel ports can support ____ or ____. |
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| ____ is faster and requires a ____ channel. |
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| ____ is a version of _____ compression used for audio files. |
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| Two types of file formats used for images are ____ and ____. |
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| _____ is a set of standards used to represent music in digital form. |
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| Avoid ____ ____ by moving cables out of the way or installing protective covers over the cables. |
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| Never ship a ____ when the only copy of important ____ is on its hard drive. |
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| Protecting _____ and _____ documentation is an important preventive maintenance chore. |
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| Networks are categorized in size as a ____, ____, wireless LAN, MAN, or WAN. |
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| Performance of a network technology is measured in _____ and ______. |
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| A computer is configured to use ______ or ______ IP addresses. |
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| Hard drives use a _____ or 44-pin connection on a notebook. |
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