what do these terms mean: "PCI", "Slot", "IDE", "Socket"?

Answer 1

PCI: A computer bussing architecture that defines electrical and physical standards for electronic interconnection.

Slot: A physical connector on a motherboard to hold an expansion card, SIMM, DIMM, or a processor card in place.

IDE: Integrated Device Electronics. A hard drive interface system developed by a group of manufacturers whereby the controller system was integrated into the electronics for the rest of the drive; all of the components were within the hard drive unit removing the need to have a separate controller.

Socket: A method of communication between two processes. A socket is an identifier that the application uses to uniquely identify an end point of communications. The user associates a protocol address with the socket by associating a socket address with the socket.

Answer 2

PCI - Peripheral Component Interconnect is a type of bus architecture that literally sits between the frontside (local) bus and any other expansion bus.

Slot - refers to a connection point on the motherboard in which you insert graphics cards, RAM, sound cards, network cards, RAID controllers, etc.

IDE- Integrated Drive Electronics. A term used to describe Parallel ATA hard drives. The terms ATA, IDE, and EIDE are used interchangeably to describe all PATA devices. The alternatives are SCSI and SATA.

Socket can mean a couple of different things; however, speaking about hardware for computers, this refers to the type of socket that connects the CPU to the mobo (motherboard). (ie: P4 - socket 775 |
AMD64 - socket 939)

Answer 3

PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) is an interconnection system between a microprocessor and attached devices in which expansion slots are spaced closely for high speed operation. Using PCI, a computer can support both new PCI cards while continuing to support Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) expansion cards, an older standard. Designed by Intel, the original PCI was similar to the VESA Local Bus. However, PCI 2.0 is no longer a local bus and is designed to be independent of microprocessor design. PCI is designed to be synchronized with the clock speed of the microprocessor.
PCI is now installed on most new desktop computers, not only those based on Intel's Pentium processor but also those based on the PowerPC. PCI transmits 32 bits at a time in a 124-pin connection (the extra pins are for power supply and grounding) and 64 bits in a 188-pin connection in an expanded implementation. PCI uses all active paths to transmit both address and data signals, sending the address on one clock cycle and data on the next. burst data can be sent starting with an address on the first cycle and a sequence of data transmissions on a certain number of successive cycles.

The PCI specifications define two different card lengths. The full-size PCI form factor is 312 millimeters long; short PCIs range from 119 to 167 millimeters in length to fit into smaller slots where space is an issue. Like the full-size PCI, the short PCI is a high-performance I/O bus that can be configured dynamically for use in devices with high bandwidth requirements. Most current PCI cards are half-sized or smaller. There are a number of variations of PCI, including CompactPCI, Mini PCI, Low-Profile PCI, concurrent PCI, and PCI-X.
(http://searchwinit.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid1_gci214282,00.html)

Slot - An opening in a computer where you can insert a printed circuit board. Slots are often called expansion slots because they allow you to expand the capabilities of a computer. The boards you insert in expansion slots are called expansion boards or add-on boards.

Do not confuse slots with bays. Bays are sites within the computer where you can install disk drives. Typically, slots are in the back of the computer and bays are in the front.
(http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/S/slot.html)

IDE - Abbreviation of either Intelligent Drive Electronics or Integrated Drive Electronics, depending on who you ask. An IDE interface is an interface for mass storage devices, in which the controller is integrated into the disk or CD-ROM drive.
(http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/I/IDE_interface.html)

Socket - (1) In UNIX and some other operating systems, a software object that connects an application to a network protocol. In UNIX, for example, a program can send and receive TCP/IP messages by opening a socket and reading and writing data to and from the socket. This simplifies program development because the programmer need only worry about manipulating the socket and can rely on the operating system to actually transport messages across the network correctly. Note that a socket in this sense is completely soft - it's a software object, not a physical component.

(2) A receptacle into which a plug can be inserted.

(3) A receptacle for a microprocessor or other hardware component.

(http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/s/socket.html)

Answer 4

Pci is slot which we attached a GPU card(graphic card) on it...slot is
the placed to attached something like DIMM slot(it for RAM) or Agp slot(it for graphic card)..IDE is cable inside your casing which connected your harddisk to your motherboard..and socket is kind of plug..we can use socket term in processor..example - processor pentium 4 is using 775 socket..

i hope this info help you!sorry if mistaken!

Answer 5

Personal Computer Interconnect, and I think Integrated Development Environment connection with IP address and Port #

Answer 6

pci [perepharels component interface]