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Study the 15 vocabulary terms below. Then continue to the activities.
Noun (thing)
BIOS (basic input output system)
a computer's built-in firmware program, which initializes various system components during bootup, and prepares them for later use by the OS
The technician needed to upgrade the BIOS before installing a faster processor in the workstation.
Noun (thing)
Chipset
a collection of integrated circuits on the motherboard designed to perform certain tasks such as controlling components and system buses
Speccing a low-end chipset is not a good way to save money when building a new PC.
Noun (thing)
Coprocessor
any computer processor or portion of the CPU which assists the main processor with a highly specialized task
Many older microprocessors included a coprocessor to speed up floating-point calculations.
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