Buses Warm-up

1. What do the following terms mean?

FSB

PnP

RAM

BIOS

ROM

2. List three different types of I/O adapters you might install on your computer.

3. List three different I/O buses and indicate which one is the fastest.

4. What is the chip called that connects two buses?

5. What are the two factors that determine the amount of data that a bus can handle?

6. Place the following components in order starting with the fastest to the slowest:

FD (floppy drive), HD (hard drive), Flash Drive, I/O Bus, CPU, BSB, RAM, FSB, DVD Drive