Essential ClassNotes Intro to Computer Hardware Study Notes, Review Questions and Classroom Discussion Topics 2013

Information presented in class often contains the core concepts of the course. Yet, students frequently fail to master the skills of classroom notetaking. Our Essential ClassNotes products provide study notes that are specific and concrete. Review questions and classroom discussion topics are also included to make sure students are truly involved in the ideas and information being presented. Below shows the TOC: CONTENT UPDATES 2 ABOUT THIS BOOK 2 OPERATING SYSTEMS 3 OVERVIEW OF WINDOWS AND LINUX 3 MULTITASKING, KERNEL, SHELL AND FILE SYSTEMS 9 BOOT LOADERS AND DISK TOOLS 15 RUNNING AN OS ON A SOLID STATE DRIVE 17 MOBILE DEVICES AND MOBILE OS 19 CHAPTER REVIEW QUESTIONS 22 COMPUTER HARDWARE AND DEVICES 24 PRINTERS AND SCANNERS 24 STORAGES 28 SYSTEM COMPONENTS 31 LAPTOPS AND NETBOOKS 33 LAPTOP DISPLAY, DOCKING, STORAGE AND POWER 35 DISPLAY 37 IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES AND REPROGRAPHIC PROCESSES 39 ERGONOMICS 41 VIRTUAL OFFICE 42 FAX 43 CHAPTER REVIEW QUESTIONS 44 ADVANCED COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES 46 CISC VS RISC 46 IA 32, IA 64 AND ITALIUM 47 LAPTOP/MOBILE PROCESSORS AND THE ARM ARCHITECTURE 48 SMP AND MULTI-CORE PROCESSORS 50 GPU, GPGPU, SLI, RAMDAC, VIDEO BIOS, AND ACTIVE COOLING 52 MOTHERBOARD RAID AND RAID CARD 55 64BIT COMPUTING 56 X86-64, XEON AND CORE I7 BASED PROCESSORS, AND TURBO BOOST 57 CHAPTER REVIEW QUESTIONS 59 BASIC NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE 60 CATEGORIES, DEFINITIONS AND TYPES 60 CABLING AND GEARS 63 NETWORK PROTOCOLS 68 CHAPTER REVIEW QUESTIONS 71

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