This document provides specifications for the Acer Veriton M 4620G desktop computer. It includes details about the quad core Intel Core i5 processor, 4GB of RAM, 500GB hard drive, DVD/RW optical drive, motherboard, ports, and other hardware components. It also provides information about computer hardware components like the CPU, memory, hard drive, keyboard, mouse, and software types like operating systems and applications.
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This document provides specifications for the Acer Veriton M 4620G desktop computer. It includes details about the quad core Intel Core i5 processor, 4GB of RAM, 500GB hard drive, DVD/RW optical drive, motherboard, ports, and other hardware components. It also provides information about computer hardware components like the CPU, memory, hard drive, keyboard, mouse, and software types like operating systems and applications.
Serial port (COM 1) Graphics Card port Audio jack RJ45 LAN jack PS/2 keyboard
USB 2.0 ports A motherboard is the central printed circuit board (PCB) in many modern computers and holds many of the crucial components of the system, while providing connectors for other peripherals. The motherboard is sometimes alternatively known as the main board, system board, or, on Apple computers, the logic board.
It is also sometimes casually shortened to mobo. Back Panel Connectors PCI Xpress Slots PCI Slots Intel H57 Chipset USB Headers Serial ATA Headers ATX Power Connector FDD Header DDR3 Memory Slots Intel Quad Core Socket The central processing unit(CPU) performs most of the calculations which enable a computer to function, and is sometimes referred to as the "brain" of the computer. It is usually cooled by a heat sink and fan. Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM) Double Data Rate(DDR) The difference between DDR2 and DDR3 Official JEDEC Specifications DDR 2 DDR3 Transfer Speed 400 800 Mbps 800 1600 Mbps Voltage 1.8V +/- 0.1V 1.5V +/- 0.075V Internal Banks 4 8 Prefetch 4bits 8 bits Termination Limited All DQ signals Topology Conventional T Fly-by CAS Latency 3 5 6 10 Thermal Sensor No Yes (optional) Other than the difference in key notch position, DDR3 RAM is also due to run at a higher frequency than DDR2 RAM. The specification provided by JEDEC provides more insight to its performance. A hard disk drive
(often shortened as hard disk,
hard drive,
or HDD) is a non-volatile storage device that stores digitally encoded data on rapidly rotating rigid platters with magnetic surfaces. 25 to 50 GB (single-layer) 50 to 100 GB (dual-layer) 4.7 GB (single-sided, single-layer) 8.5 GB (single-sided, double-layer) 700 MB (up to 80 minutes audio) The keyboard is very simple to operate, and touch-typing aside, most people can operate a keyboard well enough. The keyboard is usually the primary input device for a PC, which is why people can become emotional when it breaks. In computing, a mouse is a pointing device that functions by detecting two - dimensional motion relative to its supporting surface. Physically, a mouse consists of an object held under one of the user's hands, with one or more buttons. (Although traditionally a button is typically round or square, modern mice have spring-loaded regions of their top surface that operate switches when pressed down lightly.) It sometimes features other elements, such as "wheels", which allow the user to perform various system-dependent operations, or extra buttons or features that can add more control or dimensional input. The mouse's motion typically translates into the motion of a cursor on a display, which allows for fine control of a graphical user interface. Printer - A printer is a peripheral which produces a hard copy (permanent human-readable text and/or graphics) of documents stored in electronic form, usually on physical print media such as paper or transparencies. Many printers are primarily used as local peripherals, and are attached by a printer cable or, in most newer printers, a USB cable to a computer which serves as a document source. Some printers, commonly known as network printers, have built- in network interfaces (typically wireless or Ethernet), and can serve as a hardcopy device for any user on the network. Individual printers are often designed to support both local and network connected users at the same time.
A thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) is a variant of liquid crystal display (LCD) which uses thin film transistor (TFT) technology to improve image quality (addressability, contrast). TFT LCD is one type of active matrix LCD, though all LCD-screens are based on TFT active matrix addressing Computer software, or just software is a general term primarily used for digitally stored data such as computer programs and other kinds of information read and written by computers. Today, this includes data that has not traditionally been associated with computers, such as film, tapes and records. The term was coined in order to contrast to the old term hardware (meaning physical device) in contrast to hardware, software is intangible, meaning it "cannot be touched". Application Software System Software
Operating System Device Drivers Server Utilities
Word processor/Spreadsheet
Video Games Software
Telecommunications
Educational Software
Military Software
Image Editing Software The purpose of systems software is to unburden the applications programmer from the often complex details of the particular computer being used, including such accessories as communications devices, printers, device readers, displays and keyboards, and also to partition the computer's resources such as memory and processor time in a safe and stable manner. Examples are - Windows XP, Linux, Mac OS X and WMS 2012. Application software, also known as software application, application or app, is computer software designed to help the user to perform a singular or multiple related specific tasks. Typical examples are word processor/ spreadsheet, media players database application.