Matching
Match each term with the correct statement below.
Premises:
socket built into PC motherboards, designed to accommodate add-on cards, such as NICs
number of parallel lines in a computer bus
a high-speed serial bus
series of parallel data lines that link components inside a computer to send data between the CPU and network adapters
a NIC's unique identifier
small, specialized program that represents a device to an OS and manages communications between the OS and network adapter
type of computer bus
PCMCIA standard
allows an adapter to transfer data directly from its on-board buffers into the computer's memory, without requiring the CPU to coordinate memory access
Responses:
DMA
PCI
FireWire
adapter slot
MAC address
device driver
bus width
Cardbus
computer bus
Correct Answer:
Premises:
Responses:
socket built into PC motherboards, designed to accommodate add-on cards, such as NICs
number of parallel lines in a computer bus
a high-speed serial bus
series of parallel data lines that link components inside a computer to send data between the CPU and network adapters
a NIC's unique identifier
small, specialized program that represents a device to an OS and manages communications between the OS and network adapter
type of computer bus
PCMCIA standard
allows an adapter to transfer data directly from its on-board buffers into the computer's memory, without requiring the CPU to coordinate memory access
Premises:
socket built into PC motherboards, designed to accommodate add-on cards, such as NICs
number of parallel lines in a computer bus
a high-speed serial bus
series of parallel data lines that link components inside a computer to send data between the CPU and network adapters
a NIC's unique identifier
small, specialized program that represents a device to an OS and manages communications between the OS and network adapter
type of computer bus
PCMCIA standard
allows an adapter to transfer data directly from its on-board buffers into the computer's memory, without requiring the CPU to coordinate memory access
Responses:
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