THE ARCHITECTURE AND FUNCTIONALITY OF PERSONAL COMPUTERS
- 4.1. Computer System Elements
- 4.1.1 Memory
- 4.1.2 CPU
- 4.1.3 The instruction set
- 4.1.4 How microprocessor interacts with other components
- 4.2 The Internal Architecture of a PC
- 4.2.1 The Design Philosophy
- 4.2.2 The motherboard
- 4.2.3 The ROM-BIOS
- 4.2.4 The Support Chips
- 4.2.5 The Bus
- 4.2.6 The Internal Memory
- 4.2.7 The Ports
- 4.3 Input Devices
- 4.3.1 The Keyboard
- 4.3.2 The Mouse and other pointing devices
- 4.3.3 The Scanner
- 4.4 Output Devices
- 4.4.1 Video system
- 4.4.2 Printers
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- Dot matrix printers
- LASER Printers
- Bubble jet
- Thermal printers
- Plotters
- 4.5 Disk Drivers
- 4.5.1 Disk drive letters
- 4.5.2 Directories and Files
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- Naming Conventions
- WILDCARDS
- 4.5.3 CD, DVD and WORM
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- 4.6 TAPE (and Tape Streamer)
- 4.7 Modems
- 4.8 The Sound
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