130 second trick
discharge the motherboard by disconnecting the power
2desktop replacements
laptops with 101-key keyboards similar to PCs
3DDR3
a sodimm with 204 pins
4DDR4
a sodimm with 260 pins
5SATA drives
have two connectors: a 7 pin data connector and a 15 pin power connector
6SSD
A SATA drive with no moving parts and uses flash memory to store data
7Magnetic disk
Also known as an HDD it uses an actual mechanical disk and an arm
8Hybrid drive
uses a magnetic disk as well as SDD cache memory. Combines the capacity of a magnetic disk with the performance of an SSD
9Biometrics
the science of identifying human beings based on their physical characteristics
10NFC
allows two mobile devices to "beam" information to each other wirelessly if they are in close proximity
have a radio frequency of 13.56 MHz and can transmit 100 to 400 kb/s
11LCD
generate a small amount of heat
12TN
an LCD display that uses liquid crystals that can twist to allow light to pass through
is an older technology used on small mobile devices
13IPS
an LCD display that aligns liquid crystals on a plane parallel to a glass substrate.
providers for a wider viewing angle than TN
14VA
an LCD display that aligns liquid crystals vertically to a glass substrate.
offers a high contrast ratio and deeper black levels
15LED
monitors that use RBG light emitting diodes to display images
use less power than LCDs and are more efficient
16electroluminescence
the process of light-emitting diodes releasing photons in LED monitors
17OLED
OLED displays are cheaper to produce and can be incredibly small
have the best black levels
18screen inverter
in a laptop
19touchscreen
a screen that allows for tapping or writing on the screen
20stylus
a writing tool to take the place of a mouse
21Wi-Fi antenna
used to connect to a wireless network
22M.2-based cards
a wifi module
23Mini PCIe cards
a wifi module
24MAC ID
programmed into the ROM
25docking station
expands a laptop so that it can behave more like a desktop computer
26hot dock
when a laptop connects to a docking station while powered on
27port replicator
a device similar to docking stations
28airplane mode
disables all wireless connections
29mobile hotspot
mobile device shares internet connection with other Wi-Fi capable devices
30SMTP
email protocol
ports 25/465/587
31POP3
email protocol
ports 110/995
32IMAP
email protocol
ports 143/993
33GPS
a satellite-based navigation system that provides geolocation to properly equipped GPS devices
34mobile phone tracking
using multiple towers' radio signals to triangulate a more exact location of the smartphone
35IMEI
used only to identify the device
36IMSI
used to identify the user
37access control
the methodology used to allow access to computer systems
38MAM
manages specific corporate mobile applications