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IDE
Integrated Drive Electronics
ATX
Advanced Technology Extended
SATA
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
PCI
Peripheral Component Interconnect
USB
Universal Serial Bus
RCA
Radio Corporation of America
CMOS
Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
CPU
Central Processing Unit
AGP
Accelerated Graphics Port
LAN
Local Area Network
DDR
Double Data Rate
RAM
Random Access Memory
types of form factors:
ATX MicroATX MicroBTX NLX FlexATX
Most popular form factor, which has many versions
ATX
Smaller version of ATX
MicroATX
Has up to four expansion slots
MicroBTX
None or one expansion slot
PicoBTX
None or one expansion slot
PicoBTX
Used in low-end systems with a riser card
NLX
Smaller version of MicroATX
FlexATX
three types of sockets:
LGA PGA BGA
LGA meaning
Land Grid Array
PGA meaning
Pin Grid Array
BGA meaning
Ball Grid Array
parts of motherboard:
PCI slots AGP slots CMOS backup battery Audio Ports LAN port USB ports Serial Port Parallel Port RCA port Mouse and keyboard port CPU socket ATX power connector IDE connector memory slot northbridge southbridge SATA connector