... all operating systems and applications software comes on CD. It is therefore essential to have a CD-ROM drive for installing your applications. Certain programs requires the CD to be in the CD-ROM drive for that program to run. For example, various encyclopedia and games. CD-ROM can also be used for playing standard audio CD's on your PC. If you are intending ... to watch DVD movies on your PC then you would require a DVD-ROM which can perform all the tasks of a CD-ROM as well as play DVD movies. CD-ROM's come in various speeds, the faster drive, the faster it will install your applicat...

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... 30-pin SIMMs to speed up an older machine, shop around first. In the long run, it may be cheaper to purchase a whole new system or to upgrade the motherboard. ROM Semiconductor-based Memory which contains instructions or data which can be read but not modified. (Generally, the term ... , it cannot be removed and can only be read. Unlike main Memory (RAM), ROM retains its contents even when the computer is turned off. ROM is referred to as being nonvolatile, whereas RAM is volatile. Most personal computers contain a small amount of ROM which stores critical programs such as the program wh...

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... RAM must be made. Finally, the third consideration is storage devices. A storage device can be classified as an internal or external hard drive, a CD-ROM or DVD drive, and the many different types of tape drives on the market. Virtually every computer on the market today comes equipped with a 3.5 floppy ... drive, one internal hard drive, and a CD-ROM or DVD drive. The hard drive is the main storage unit of the computer, used for storage of programs and data files, so a high-capacity ... ) drives could transfer 150 kilobytes of data per second to memory. Today, drives with 50X speeds ar...

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... volatile because it will retain information after its power source has been removed or shut off. Secondary storage could be a hard drive, a floppy disk, a CD ROM, a DVD ROM, or even a computer tape. The type of secondary storage used will be determined by the user. A computer has several different types of storage devices. Each ... past, but has been becoming less useful as today's information age has increased with the amount of information needed in each and every process. CD ROM's (also called optical disks) have almost replaced floppy disks because of the large amount of information ...

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... that is used in almost all the computer systems. The other ones include the floppy disk drives, the CD ROM, and the DVD ROM., and flash memories as well. The types of primary devices that we will talk about are the RAM and the ROM. Do any one of you know the differences between them? RAM chips are used to store information of ... . However, only volatile information can be stored on RAM chips, due to that fact that if power is lost to the computer all information stored in the RAM is lost. ROM chips can also be found in computers, to store the programming needed to begin the initial bo...

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... to read. The standard today is a PCI 56 kilobit per second version 90 modem. Since we use the Internet a lot we bought one of those too. Another necessity is a CD ROM drive. Using a laser, the drive reads indentions in a coated piece of plastic to get information from it. A floppy drive is also needed to read information from disks. There is only ... going to go into the slot above the secondary named floppy. In the provided space in the case with the pins toward the back of the case insert the CD ROM into the top most appropriate slot in the case right side up. Using the provided screw...

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... " FCPGA 128MB ECC RAM Abit Voodoo3 16mb 4x AGP video card Western Digital 20GB 7200rpm Ultra100 HDD Western Digital 5GB 5400rpm HDD Creative Soundblaster X Gamer Live Sony 3.5" FDD 48x CD-ROM Antec Case Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer v3.0 Sony 17" Trinitron Display .26dp (1024x768 @ 32bit, 85hz) Canon BJC-250 Printer Steve listed things he would upgrade to in order of priorioy: Windows ... XP 1ghz CPU 256 MB RAM ATI Radeon 8500 video card 19" CRT display DVD-ROM 24x CD-RW Since my friend has a good computer base, I see no need for a complete system overhaul. Certain components are using...

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... major difference between them is the seek time. IDE Hard Drives are mainly used for home type computers and SCSI Hard Drives are mainly used for business type computers. CD-ROM is also a very important part in the computer. It allows to-install different kinds of programs, listen to music CD's, watch movies, and copy information from PC to CD. Today ... the speed of the CD-ROM is 56x. Modems and Network Cards play a very important role in a computer. A modem allows you to connect to the Internet, download music, and browse the Internet. A Network Card allows computers ... ...

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... to keep in mind the space you have at home to determine the size. You also want to decide on what kind of CD/DVD-ROM drive you want installed. CD-RW (writable and rewritable CD-ROM drives) is almost a necessity in this day of technology. Also, you can add a DVD player so you can view and edit DVD movies on your ... ...

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... always buy another HD latter when I have more money and need more space. The HD was only $59.99. I had all the things needed to have a computer but I needed a CD-Rom drive to install anything so that was next on my list. I bought an Internal CD-RW, which included Nero software. I got a fast burner so that I could have more time to ... ...

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Bob Johnson Computer Comparison $529.99 compared to $1199.99 why is there such a big price gap between these two HP? The first reason comes to the processor brand and type. The cheaper one carries a 1.3 GHz by the brand Celeron. The expensive one carries a 2.26GHz made by Intel. The more expensive one is much faster and a better brand name. Second, we move to the RAM or random access memory which relay the signals to the processor. The more RAM you have the faster you computer can move. The more expensive computer has 1GB compared to 128MB that along shows a larger difference. Third, the hard ...

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... control devices such as remote controls. Lets talk about the essential parts of the computer. First you have your outside units like your printer, monitors, modem, floppy disk drive, CD ROM drive, scanner, speakers and keyboard. These things are called peripherals. Printers come in inkjet, laser and thermal. Lasers are much faster than inkjets. The monitor is the television like unit ... ...

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... idea of a SIMM is to increase the amount of RAM your computer has. This makes it run faster as it doesn't have to keep accessing your hard disc or CD-ROM. DIMM: Dual In-line Memory Module is basically a double SIMM as there are two SIMMs in a DIMM there is greater memory reducing the number of times your computer needs to ... ...

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... single or multiple partitions. One off the major bottlenecks in computer systems today is fast storage devices. Hard disk drives are mechanical devices, unlike storage such as RAM and Flash ROM, which makes them very slow. Currently, mass electronic data storage is extremely expensive and only used for high expense critical applications, and even these are not what I would class as ... ...

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... the platter and possibly losing your entire hardrive. This is why people say their hardrive "crashed". It's because the arm head crashed into the platter. Followng that is the CD-ROM(Compact Disk read-only)/DVD(Digital Versatile Disk read-only). These devices have high capacity, removable media, optical drives. Unlike the hardrive and floppy drive using magnetic storage, these use ... ...

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... computer that I am currently using in the office is a Pentium Celeron computer with Window 98 Second Edition operating system, it has 112.0 MB RAM, a Floppy Drive as well as a CD-Rom drive, a sound card, video card, and USB drives. I have the Windows Applications MS Windows, MS Excel, MS Access, MS Outlook, MS PowerPoint programs. I have my computer hooked up to the ... ...

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