Terms to Know

ASMP

BIOS

bit

bus architecture

CISC

conventional memory

CPU

DOS

expansion card

GHz

HCL

I/O

MBps

MHz

microcode

MIPS

MMX

motherboard

multitask

network interface card

parity

PCI

pipeline

POST

protected mode

RAM

RISC

ROM

SEC

SMP

SOI

transistor

VAX

Windows operating system