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[A]
[B]
[C]
[D]
[E]
[F]
[G]
[H]
[I]
[J]
[K]
[L]
[M]
[N]
[O]
[P]
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magnetic storage devices, disadvantage of
MAP (Minimum Advertised Price)
mask
types of
MCA (MicroChannel Architecture)
McAfee VirusScan
Mean Time Between Failures , ignoring when selecting hard drives
[See MTBF]
Mean Time to Repair (MTTR), ignoring when selecting hard drives
mechanical mice
media
for CD writers
for CD-MRW drives
for CD-R drives
for CD-RW drives
memory
access methods
asynchronous
Rambus RDRAM
synchronous
bus
speed/width of
CAS latency
CMOS
configuring
considerations when selecting motherboards
determining how much
installing
when building a PC
memory slots
packaging
banks versus rows
chip density
ECC memory
parity memory
primary/secondary cache
ranges of
selecting
guidelines
recommendations
testing
tiered architecture
upgrading
2nd
Athlon systems
Celeron systems
Pentium Pro/Pentium class systems
video
Memory Translator Hub (MTH)
mice
characteristics
cleaning
configuring
selecting
recommendations
troubleshooting
versus trackballs
microATX form factor, cases
MicroChannel Architecture (MCA)
Microsoft
DirectSound/DirectSound3D
Keyboard Scan Code Specification
PC standard
MIDI
audio
2nd
synthesis methods
Mini-ATX form factor, cases
Mini-ITX form factor
cases
Minimum Advertised Price (MAP)
monitors
[See CRT monitors]
motherboards
asynchronous
characteristics of
BIOS
bus support
chipsets
processor support
chips on, HCI residing in
configuring when building a PC
form factor
hybrid, avoiding
installing
CMOS, configuring
retention mechanism
when building a PC
integrated functions
jumperless configuring
removing
selecting
checking documentation/support/updates
guidelines for
recommendations
synchronous
upgrading
Mount Rainier packet-writing technology
CD-RW/CDMRW drives
support for
MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures), ignoring when selecting hard drives
MTH (Memory Translator Hub)
MTTR (Mean Time to Repair), ignoring when selecting hard drives
MultiRead/MultiRead2