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PC Components & Technologies List:

1. 1394 FireWire - MLAN:
2. ACPI - Advanced Configuration and Power Interface.
3. AGP - Accelerated Graphics Port
4. AHCI - Advanced Host Controller Interface (Hot Swap & Native Command Queuing - NCQ).
5. Audio - Got Sound? Want More?
   1. Networked Audio
      
6. Bluetooth - Wireless Technology
   
7. Cables - Parallel ATA, SCSI, LAN & Virtual Audio Cabling.
   
8. Cases - PC Computer Cases
   
9. CD-ROM & DVD Technologies
   
10. Chipsets + Researching FCC ID Numbers
    
11. DisplayPort
12. Digital Audio / Video
13. Digital Media Adapters (DMAs) & Receivers (DMRs)
    
14. Flash Memory: Non-Volatile Memory including Memory Cards & USB Flash Devices.
15. Floppy Disk Drive:
16. Home Automation - Has New Meaning With Broadband!
    1. Networking Protocols
       
17. Hot Swap Bay Drive options
18. Keyboards + Other Input Devices & Control Surfaces.
     
19. Laptops: Building Laptops - A Centrino Notebook Specification
     
20. Memory - RAM (Random Access Memory)
    
21. Monitors: What to look for in CRT's and LCD's.
    
22. Motherboards: Intel Motherboard Bios Splash Screen Utility (Image displayed during POST) + ATX Specs.
    1. ATX Specs:
    2. BTX Specs:
    3. IO Bus - Peripheral Bus: Includes 1394 FireWire, AGP, AMR & CNR, Bluetooth, InfiniBand, Parallel ATA, SCSI, Serial ATA, PCI Express, Parallel Ports & USB.
    4. Mini-ITX: VIA's proprietary EPIA Mini-ITX form factor. Considerably smaller than ATX.
23. PCI Express - Graphics
24. Pointing Device - Optical Mice, Graphics Tablets, etc.
    
25. Power - Power Supplies (PSU's), Power Protection, UPS's, Batteries & Cables.
    1. Power Surge Protection:
    2. Remote Power Control Switching & Distribution:
    3. UPS Selection Guidelines & Requirements:
       
26. Processors - CPU's
    
27. Projectors: Audio Video - Presentations & Home Theater.
    
28. Semiconductors... Capacitors...
29. Routers: For Broadband & Dialup
30. Sound Cards:
31. Speakers: Home Theater & Multimedia Speaker PC Systems
    
32. Scanners: Flatbed Document & Image Scanners
33. Storage:
    1. ATA/ATAPI Interface Specs: Current Mass Storage Device Interface
    2. Bios HD Limitations
    3. Disk Management
    4. Flash Media
    5. Flash Media Card Readers
    6. Media Storage
    7. Optical Storage Technology:
    8. Personal Storage Solutions - Memory Cards - Readers, etc.
    9. Pocket Drive Portable Storage Devices
    10. RAID - Redundant Array of Independent Disks
    11. SCSI - Small Computer System Interface, pronounced "skuzzy."
    12. Serial ATA: High Speed Serialized AT Attachment
    13. SmartMedia
    14. Tape:
        
34. ToolKits: Preventing & Understanding ESD (Electrostatic Discharge)
35. Toys!
36. UPS Selection Guidelines & PC Power Supply Requirements
37. USB, Universal Serial Bus
    1. USB Audio
38. Video Camera Comparison Chart
39. Video Resolutions
40. Video Tools - Digital
41. Virtual PC
42. Virtualization - Windows 7 Pro & Windows Virtual PC