TIPS OF COMPUTER-1

The Motherboard
Audio sockets:
A set of sockets that allowed speakers and a microphone to be connected, usually three in number. With multi-channel audio becoming common, the number of sockets has risen to six. The function of each of these sockets is configurable from the audio driver.

AGP:
The Accelerated Graphics Port is present only in very few new motherboards; it is being phased out. This was a slot dedicated to enhance the graphics capabilities of the system by allowing a high-speed direct bus to the RAM (bus refers to a channel that is used to transfer data.)

BIOS / CMOS:
Though often interchangeably used, the two terms refer to different things. BIOS (Basic Input Output System) refers to a set of instructions that are critical for the functioning of the system. These instructions include information about the components connected to the motherboard, like the hard disk, RAM, and the configuration of the many onboard subsystems. CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) refers to the chip on which the BIOS instructions are stored. CMOS is the name of the technology behind the chip that stores the BIOS. Present-day CMOS is technically called EEPROM for Electronically Erasable Programmable Read-only Memory. These can be rewritten to, and this allows the BIOS instructions of a motherboard to be updated when required.The process of updating the BIOS instructions is called Flashing.

Chipset:
Refers to a set, usually a pair, of microprocessors that are present on the motherboard, and which controls the communication between every component of the system - the CPU, the RAM, the expansion cards, and other peripherals plugged into the system.