The Tiger asked:


. What are the two technologies important to understanding how hard drives work?

2. What are the four possible configurations for four IDE devices in a system?

3. Explain the difference between low-level formatting and high-level formatting?

4. When purchasing a hard drive, what 5 factors affect performance, use and price?

5. What are the reasons to partition a drive?

6. What is termination and how is it implemented in a SCSI system?

The Tiger asked:


Your Question

this is my first semester in college and my major is computer networking.?
can anyone please tell me if i have to know all the acronyms and the name of the ccomponents of a pc. I am reading the A+ pc tech book I thought that computer networking was a hands on major. I am not born in the us so it becomes much harder do you think i chose the wrong major please answer me and this is my e mail if anyone decides to write veleandres@yahoo.com thank you.