RE: Building my new rig
February 13, 2016 at 7:51 am
(This post was last modified: February 13, 2016 at 8:17 am by Brian37.)
All computer language is nothing but 0s and 1s, and when you see MB OR GB OR TB, those are terms for the amount of information that chip or drive holds.
A "bit" is a 0 or 1. A "byte", is 8 of those either or in a group of 8. Each 8 are assigned to represent computer code that ends up becoming everything you see on your screen.
MB=Megabytes= roughly 1 million groups of 8.
GB=Gigabytes= roughly 1 billion groups of 8.
TB=Terabytes= roughly 1 trillion groups of 8.
For laypeople, it just means big, really really big, and HOLY FUCKING SHIT BIG, as far as the amount of information the chip or drive deals with.
CPU is the brain chip, the most important chip in the computer. It stands for Central Processing Unit. The number after "Intel" in this case is a model number. and "4.0" is just a newer version. Just like software Windows goes from Vista, to Windows 10. You can think of a CPU like a CEO of a company or a store manager, the top thinker of the computer, the coach of the team, the general of the army.
RAM, stands for "Random access memory" it is a helper chip. It helps the CPU run whatever program you have open at the time, like a secretary helps a boss.
HDD is the Hard Drive, much like you write things on paper and keep it in a notebook binder.
SSD is simply another type of drive, accept it connects from the outside of your computer to a port.
"Hardware" are the physical parts of your computer. Software are the operating systems and programs, the 0s and 1s the hardware moves around and manages and holds. Just like your telephone poll is the hardware and the electricity and phone and cable signals are the "software".
A "bit" is a 0 or 1. A "byte", is 8 of those either or in a group of 8. Each 8 are assigned to represent computer code that ends up becoming everything you see on your screen.
MB=Megabytes= roughly 1 million groups of 8.
GB=Gigabytes= roughly 1 billion groups of 8.
TB=Terabytes= roughly 1 trillion groups of 8.
For laypeople, it just means big, really really big, and HOLY FUCKING SHIT BIG, as far as the amount of information the chip or drive deals with.
CPU is the brain chip, the most important chip in the computer. It stands for Central Processing Unit. The number after "Intel" in this case is a model number. and "4.0" is just a newer version. Just like software Windows goes from Vista, to Windows 10. You can think of a CPU like a CEO of a company or a store manager, the top thinker of the computer, the coach of the team, the general of the army.
RAM, stands for "Random access memory" it is a helper chip. It helps the CPU run whatever program you have open at the time, like a secretary helps a boss.
HDD is the Hard Drive, much like you write things on paper and keep it in a notebook binder.
SSD is simply another type of drive, accept it connects from the outside of your computer to a port.
"Hardware" are the physical parts of your computer. Software are the operating systems and programs, the 0s and 1s the hardware moves around and manages and holds. Just like your telephone poll is the hardware and the electricity and phone and cable signals are the "software".
