Motherboard Components Used For Communication

Circuits or paths that enable data, instructions, and power to move from component to component on the board.

Communication and the protocol and methods used for transmission.

A set of rules and standards that any two entitites used for communication.

The lines of the bus that are used for data.

The width of the data

System Bus, Front Side Bus, Memory Bus, Host Bus, Local Bus, and External Bus.

System timer which is dedicated to timing the activities of the chips on the motherboard.

Clock Beats

One cycle per second

One million cycles per second

One billion cycles per second

1066 MHz, 800 MHz, 533 MHz, and 400 MHz (You still see motherboards rated at 200, or 133 MHz)

AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) used for Video Cards. PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Used for Input/Output devices. 16 Bit ISA (Industry Standard Architecture) Outdated.

PCI Express x1 PCI Express x16 Regular PCI