1. Parts Inside the Computer Techie Terms you will see during your research project

2. Circuit Boards Motherboard Daughter Cards Peripheral Cards

3. Hard Drives Obsolete: SCSI Old: IDE (also called ATA or PATA) New: Serial-ATA (SATA)

4. Expansion Slots (Desktop) Obsolete: ISA, EISA, VESA Old: PCIPCI New: PCI Express (x2, x4, x8, x16)

5. Expansion Slots (Laptop) Old: PCMCIA New: ExpressCardExpressCard

6. RAM Too many to mention them all Obsolete: SIMMs, RAMBUS Old: DIMMs New: DDR2 http://www.crucial.com http://www.karbosguide.com/hardware/mod ule2e1.htmhttp://www.karbosguide.com/hardware/mod ule2e1.htm

7. Optical Drives Obsolete: CD-ROM, DVD-ROM Old: CD-RW, DVD+-RW New: Dual Layer DVD recorders, BluRay*, HD-DVD* *These are so cutting edge, they may not be worth the price yet.

8. Power Power Supplies: higher wattage=more expansion and more power consumption Batteries: many different sizes and kinds

9. Cooling Fans Heat Sinks Liquid Cooling

10. Wireless Networking Obsolete: 802.11b Old: 802.11g New: 802.11n

11. Wired Networking Obsolete: 10 mbit/sec Old: 100 mbit/sec New: gigabit (1000 mbit/sec)

12. Connecting Peripherals Obsolete: PS/2 style, serial, parallel Old: USB, Firewire New: Bluetooth