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| Random Access Memory types |
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SRAM
DRAM
SDRAM
DDR-SDRAM |
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dynamic ram requires a signal to remind the memory of
the data it is holding |
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| how quickly data can be moved into and out of the memoy |
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| the form factor the memory uses |
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Error Correction Code – it can detect and correct errors in the data
being read from the memory |
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Registered Memory
Buffered memory
Cannot mix with unregistered type
Required for dual CPU
High Cost |
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| Static Random Access Memory |
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requires four to six transistors for each bit of data
Example for 256KB of cache (SRAM). |
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Dynamic Random Access Memory Cost Efficient
Requires a refresh signal
Uses one capacitor and one transistor to hold a bit of data |
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| Double Data Rate Random Access Memory |
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| Set standards for DDR speeds. |
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| Chipset that doubles memory bandwidth |
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Read Only Memory
Non-Volatile – will retain data even when power is removed
Expensive |
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| Programmable Read-Only Memory |
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Magnetic Storage
Hard Drives
Optical Storage
DVD & CD Drives
Floppy Drives |
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Non-magnetic platter
Floppy Disk - Mylar
Hard Disk - Metal, Ceramic, or Glass |
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Magnetic material added
Coat with a thin layer of magnetic domains |
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Magnetic Storage
Tracks - concentric rings on the platter
Double Side – use both sides of the platter |
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| Magnetic Storage Cylinder |
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| all the same number tracks on all the platters treated a one |
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| dividing up the tracks in small sections |
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The smallest unit of storage on a disk.
512 bytes
Grouped into clusters |
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Cluster: The smallest unit of disk space that the OS can allocate to a file.
2 or more sectors |
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| Concentric Rings on a hard disk |
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| FAT(Windows 3X, 9X and ME) NTFS(Windows NT, 2000, XP, Vista) HFS(MAC OSX) |
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Divides the physical hard disk into logical sections
The order
Partition
Format
Load OS |
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Hard Drives
ATA66
ATA100
ATA133 |
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Exsternal connection for sata drive allows externl drive to prefprm at the
same or simulare specs to internal drives |
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| High Speed Parallel data transfers |
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| Allows for several small disks to act as one big hard drive |
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| The fastest and most efficient array |
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DVD and CD they use a laser diode to read pits and land on the DVD/CD
Currently they are the slowest of our storage media. |
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| Internal Peripheral Sound Cards |
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| External Peripheral Sound Card |
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| External Peripheral Sound Cards |
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| Combines tones at varying frequencies to approximate a particular sound |
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| Uses small samples of actual instruments |
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| Offers the ability to stay digital |
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| Full Duplex Sound can play and record at the same time |
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Analog Signal
A continuous wave that can hold an infinite amount of data, all sound in the
natural works is analog. |
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the height of the wave represents the intensity or volume of
the signal |
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| the number of cycles per second that the wave repeats |
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| Analog to Digital Converter |
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| Digital to Analog Converter |
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| Sample Rate + Sample Precision = Resolution |
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| Quantization records an amplitude value for each sampled point. |
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