Computer technical questions that I need some help with

[gigahertz20]

There is a series of homework questions I'm trying to answer and I'm not 100% sure on the ones below, what would you say?

edited

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: gigahertz20
There is a series of homework questions I'm trying to answer and I'm not 100% sure on the ones below, what would you say?


Describe memory devices

DO YOUR OWN DAMN HOMEWORK. IF YOU NEED HELP AS FOR HELP. DO NOT ASK FOR ANSWERS.
Describe what a SW driver does

DO YOUR OWN DAMN HOMEWORK. IF YOU NEED HELP AS FOR HELP. DO NOT ASK FOR ANSWERS.
Describe the difference and application of parallel vs serial technology
with respect to I/O architectures
DO YOUR OWN DAMN HOMEWORK. IF YOU NEED HELP AS FOR HELP. DO NOT ASK FOR ANSWERS.

Given an unexpected event what would you do (steps you would follow) to classify the event as an actual problem

edit: didn't mean to be harsh...what is it that you don't understand?

 

[Modelworks]

Originally posted by: gigahertz20
There is a series of homework questions I'm trying to answer and I'm not 100% sure on the ones below, what would you say?


Describe memory devices


Describe what a SW driver does


Describe the difference and application of parallel vs serial technology
with respect to I/O architectures


Given an unexpected event what would you do (steps you would follow) to classify the event as an actual problem

Student failing class on computers because he can't use google.

 

[SMOGZINN]

Originally posted by: gigahertz20

Describe memory devices

Long, skinny, short.

Describe what a SW driver does

drives SW

Describe the difference and application of parallel vs serial technology
with respect to I/O architectures

sorry, I'm not an architect.

Given an unexpected event what would you do (steps you would follow) to classify the event as an actual problem

1. open my web browser
2. google anandtech
3. ask on the forums.
4 ...
5. profit

 

[SoulAssassin]

Originally posted by: gigahertz20

Describe memory devices

Kids have dropped over dead converting metrics

Describe what a SW driver does

I wish I had a SWF driver to take me places. She would be brunette w big tits and low morals.

Describe the difference and application of parallel vs serial technology
with respect to I/O architectures

Parallel is like driving a bunch of Yugos side by side on a 5 lane highway, serial is like driving a Ferrari down a country road.

Given an unexpected event what would you do (steps you would follow) to classify the event as an actual problem

I learned 3 things in college:
Deny
Deny
Deny

 

[gigahertz20]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: gigahertz20
There is a series of homework questions I'm trying to answer and I'm not 100% sure on the ones below, what would you say?


Describe memory devices

DO YOUR OWN DAMN HOMEWORK. IF YOU NEED HELP AS FOR HELP. DO NOT ASK FOR ANSWERS.
Describe what a SW driver does

DO YOUR OWN DAMN HOMEWORK. IF YOU NEED HELP AS FOR HELP. DO NOT ASK FOR ANSWERS.
Describe the difference and application of parallel vs serial technology
with respect to I/O architectures
DO YOUR OWN DAMN HOMEWORK. IF YOU NEED HELP AS FOR HELP. DO NOT ASK FOR ANSWERS.

Given an unexpected event what would you do (steps you would follow) to classify the event as an actual problem

edit: didn't mean to be harsh...what is it that you don't understand?

I guess I should have included more information in my OP, but I wanted to know what you guys had to say.

Describe memory devices

I'm guessing they are not referring to hard drives, USB thumb drives, or anything like that because those would be storage devices. What would be a memory device? Not sure on that one, never heard of such a thing.


Describe what a SW driver does

Allows the computer to use a hardware device, the SW driver provides important information to the OS so the computer can communicate with it.


Describe the difference and application of parallel vs serial technology
with respect to I/O architectures

I know parallel uses ribbon cables and you must set master and slave settings, serial ATA technology does away with that. But with respect to I/O settings I'm not sure. Was hoping somebody can just give me a quick answer, then I can read into it more.



Given an unexpected event what would you do (steps you would follow) to classify the event as an actual problem

This is a BS question, I just put this in here to see what kind of response some of you would give, but I can answer this one.