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1. small metal or plastic screws that attach to a computer case and hold the motherboard in place

2. The most common motherboard form factor that's used today

3. cheaper than ATX boards and designed to fit into smaller computer cases

4. How many expansion slots does a Mini-ITX board support?

5. USB, on/off switch, activity lights, audio

6. This chipset controls or manages input and output (I/O)

7. an interface that allows a PC to transmit or receive data one bit at a time

8. Where do you plug HDD into the motherboard?

9. The three common form factors are

10. plug front panel connectors into the motherboard

11. PCIe does not use a parallel bus structure, but instead is a network of

12. usually used to mount high-end graphics cards

13. an entirely electronic storage device; its physical assembly contains no mechanical objects

14. Holes in a computer case that help organize cables

15. Align the mounting holes over the standouts and screw in the motherboard

16. PCIe is available in x1, x4, x8, and x16 implementations, which increases this by the corresponding amount.

17. A common design for servers and high-performance workstations; have more room for storage and card expansion than horizontal desktop cases and all-in-ones.

18. The disadvantages of parallel connections

19. a type of computer disk drive that reads and writes data from optical disks through laser beaming technology

20. Mini-ITX is screw compatible with

21. What part of the computer case holds HDDs?

22. A system that converts AC current from the wall outlet into the DC currents required by electronic circuits

23. Install I/O shield and triple check standoff positions

24. A PCI Express card can be inserted in

25. the most common expansion bus, it offers multiple lanes