Difference between revisions of "All About Cards"

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A '''Card''' is a smallish circuit board that connects to the motherboard and adds a function to the computer system.
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It has a metal plate on the end that shows on the back of the computer.  Usually the plate has one or more ports into which a cable can be plugged.  On the bottom of the card are teeth that plug into the motherboard so that communication can occur between the computer and the outside world.     
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'''Cards''' are used to extend the functionality of a computer.  That is, they add a function.  For example, a video card allows the computer to be plugged into a monitor.  A sound card allows a computer to be plugged into speakers. Sometime these functions are built into the motherboard.
 
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[[category: pre build]]
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very fine pins that have the picket fence look, and the
 
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thicker pins that still appear quite small and look like a picket fence
 
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distance between the face plate on the card and the beginning of the pins.
 
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alternate like bricks
 

Revision as of 12:10, 26 February 2009


A Card is a smallish circuit board that connects to the motherboard and adds a function to the computer system. It has a metal plate on the end that shows on the back of the computer. Usually the plate has one or more ports into which a cable can be plugged. On the bottom of the card are teeth that plug into the motherboard so that communication can occur between the computer and the outside world.

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