Chassis cover - In computers, the chassis refers to the rigid framework on to which

the motherboard,memory, disk drives, and other equipment are mounted. It also supports the
shell-like case: the housing that protects all the vital internal equipment from dust, moisture, and
tampering. The term "case modding" refers to the artistic styling of otherwise rather functional and
plain computer encasings.
an air duct - Ducts are used in heating, ventilation, and air conditioning to deliver and remove
air. These needed airflows include, for e!ample, supply air, return air, andexhaust air. "ucts also
deliver, most commonly as part of the supply air, ventilation air. #s such, air ducts are one method
of ensuring acceptable indoor air quality as well as thermal comfort.
A power cord, line cord, or mains cable is a cable that temporarily connects an appliance to the mains
electricity supply via a wall socket or extension cord.
IDE Cables - IDE stands for Interated Device, !or Drive", Electronics. EIDE is a later standard of IDE. It
stands for Enhanced Interated Device, !or Drive", Electronics. EIDE is three to four times faster than the
older IDE standard. #he picture above shows how to connect an IDE cable to two drives. $sin %umpers
that are normally located on the back of a drive, the top drive should be made the &master& and the bottom
drive should be made the &slave.& #he master drive is the primary drive. It is normally located at the end of
a two connection IDE cable. #he slave, or secondary drive, is connected to the IDE cable between the
master drive and the motherboard IDE connection. 'ince data can not o to and from each drive at the same
time, it is necessary to make one drive the master and the other drive the slave. IDE cables consist of either
() individual wires or *) individual wires. $ltra A#A+,, or later devices need the *) wire cables to operate
efficiently. -ost of these wires are used to transfer data between the motherboard and the drives.
# computer fan is any fan inside, or attached to, a computer case used for active cooling, and
may refer to fans that draw cooler air into the case from the outside, e!pel warm air from inside,
or move air across a heat sinkto cool a particular component.
# motherboard $sometimes alternatively known as the mainboard, system board, planar
board or logic board, or colloquially, a mobo% is the main printed circuit board $&'(% found
in computers and other e!pandable systems. It holds many of the crucial electronic components
of the system, such as the central processing unit $'&)% and memory, and provides connectors
for other peripherals. )nlike a backplane, a motherboard contains significant sub-systems such
as the processor and other components.
# CD-ROM is a pre-pressed compact disc which contains data. The name is an acronym which
stands for "Compact Disc Read-Only Memory". 'omputers can read '"-*+,s, but cannot
write on them.