Glossary
This glossary has terms we have defined ourselves or modified from Wikipedia.
Case or chassis in an average desktop computer is just a strong metal box, with ports for input and ouput (IO) to connect all your peripherals like a mouse, keyboards, monitors, speakers, headphones and microphones. The case has a power inlet, and switches for power-on and reset.
Power Supply Unit (PSU) converts electricity supplied from wall sockets for use inside your desktop PC. to is the first and most important safety check. Always ensure Wev’e
Serial Advanced Technology Atachment (SATA)
DC Direct Current
AC
Motherboard
PCIe
RAM
Hard Drive
BIOS
Operating System (OS)
VGA
DVI
USB
CPU
GHZ
G
Fan
Heatsink
HDCP
Ubuntu
FOSS
Linux
GNU/linux
File System
NTFS
EXT4
In fact too comply with the terms of various FOSS licenses , almost all the software on your SDLW computer has to be made available. A convenient way to do this for an Operating System is in an online software “warehouse” called a repository or repo for short.
To find the source of any software inside a repo, I type a simple command into the terminal, my computer consults a list of possible source repos and if it can find it, downloads and installs the software, and I have the option to download the source code as well.
If I make a change to the program's source code and re-distribute it, I am then obliged make those changes available as well.