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Chapter 1. Fundamentals

This chapter covers a mixed bag of important fundamental information about PCs, including how PCs are defined, an overview of PC components and technologies, a brief explanation of system resources, guidelines for building, buying, and upgrading PCs, smart buying practices, and suggestions as to what to do with old PCs.



    		Dedication
    		Foreword
    		Preface
    		Chapter 1. Fundamentals
    		1.1 PCs Defined
    		1.2 PC Components and Technologies
    		1.3 System Resources
    		1.4 Building or Buying a PC
    		1.5 Upgrading a PC
    		1.6 Smart Buying Practices
    		1.7 Things to Do with Old PCs
    		Chapter 2. Working on PCs
    		Chapter 3. Motherboards
    		Chapter 4. Processors
    		Chapter 5. Memory
    		Chapter 6. Floppy Disk Drives
    		Chapter 7. High-Capacity Floppy Disk Drives
    		Chapter 8. Removable Hard Disk Drives
    		Chapter 9. Tape Drives
    		Chapter 10. CD-ROM Drives
    		Chapter 11. CD Writers
    		Chapter 12. DVD Drives
    		Chapter 13. Hard Disk Interfaces
    		Chapter 14. Hard Disk Drives
    		Chapter 15. Video Adapters
    		Chapter 16. Displays
    		Chapter 17. Sound Adapters
    		Chapter 18. Speakers and Headphones
    		Chapter 19. Keyboards
    		Chapter 20. Mice and Trackballs
    		Chapter 21. Game Controllers
    		Chapter 22. Serial Communications
    		Chapter 23. Parallel Communications
    		Chapter 24. USB Communications
    		Chapter 25. Cases
    		Chapter 26. Power Supplies
    		Chapter 27. Backup Power Supplies
    		Chapter 28. Building a PC
    		Colophon