What's in side a computer?
What's on motherboard - Definitions & Role
CPU
CPU FAN
RAM
Southbridge
Southbridge- Southbridge architecture designs, the Southbridge is the chip that controls all of the computers.
USB
Northbridge
A northbridge is one of the two chips in the core logic chip set on a PC motherboard. The northbridge is connected directly to the CPU via the frontside bus and thus responsible for tasks that require the highest performance. The northbridge is usually paired with a southbridge.
VGA Port
NIC
NIC-A Network Interface Card is a computer hardware component that allows a computer to connect to a network. NIC may be used for both wired and wireless connections.
DVI Port
Hardware
Hardware- A hardware interface from Intel for connecting a display adapter (graphics card) to a PC. Superseded by PCI Express, a single AGP slot on the motherboard provided a direct connection between the card and memory.
Audio Jacks
Audio Jacks-
A socket for plugging in an audio source. Audio jacks are found on many types of audio equipment and musical instruments that accept external sound sources.
PCI Express Slot
PCI E Slot-
PCI is the initialism for Peripheral Component Interconnect and is part of the PCI Local Bus standard. The PCI bus supports the functions found on a processor bus but in a standardized format that is independent of any particular processor's native bus.
CMOS Battery
A battery that contains the time, date, hard disk and other settings in the CMOS memory.CMOS batteries are small and are attached directly to the motherboard.
SATA Port
SATA Port-
SATA port is the fastest serial version of the parallel interface. SATA is "integrated drive electronics" device, which means the controller is in the drive, and only a simple circuit is required on the motherboard.
IDE Connector
IDE Connector-
Integrated Drive Electronics, is a standard interface for connecting a motherboard to storage devices such as hard drives and DVD drives. The original IDE had a 16-bit interface that connected two devices to a single-ribbon cable.
AGP Slot
A hardware interface from Intel for connecting a display adapter (graphics card) to a PC. Superseded by PCI Express, a single AGP slot on the motherboard provided a direct connection between the card and memory.