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SATA cableSATA: Serial Advanced Technology Attachment, it is a new generation of normal ATA-1 interface, consists of a very thin cables with small 7-pin connectors which will allow maximum air flow inside the case, it provide a higher transfer rate than the ATA-1 model.

 

Memory effect: Also known as lazy battery effect or battery memory, is an effect observed in (NiCd) rechargeable batteries that causes them to hold less charge. It describes the very specific situation in which certain (NiCd) batteries gradually lose their maximum energy capacity if they are repeatedly recharged after being only partially discharged. The battery appears to remember the smaller capacity.

Router: A router is a device that forwards data packets along networks, A router is connected to at least two networks.

Modem: Refers to modulator-demodulator is an electronic device that converts a computer’s digital signals into specific frequencies to travel over telephone or cable television lines. At the destination, the receiving modem demodulates the frequencies back into digital data. Computers use modems to communicate with one another over a network, and also these days its working to provide the ADSL lines for a very high speed internet connection using the normal telephone lines.

Wireless Adapter: Wireless Adapter cards are necessary for mobile workers to take advantage of hot spots and Wi-Fi Internet access in hotels, airports and train stations. Working on the road is much easier when you can connect to the Internet or company network using a wireless laptop adapter, it also describes the adabpters used by normal PCs to provide the wirless connectivity to the Wireless networks.

ISP: Internet Service Provider.

Access Points: A station that connects users to other users within the Wireless network and also can serve as the point of interconnection between the WLAN and a fixed wire network. Each access point can serve multiple users within a defined network area; as people move beyond the range of one access point, they are automatically handed over to the next one

IEEE:The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, The IEEE fosters the development of standards that often become national and international standards.

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