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HOW DOES A SOUND CARD AND VIDEO CARD WORK

  HOW DOES A SOUND CARD AND VIDEO CARD WORK? A SOUND CARD, ALSO KNOWN AS AN AUDIO INTERFACE OR AUDIO CARD, IS A HARDWARE COMPONENT IN A COMPUTER THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROCESSING AND MANAGING AUDIO SIGNALS. ITS PRIMARY FUNCTION IS TO CONVERT DIGITAL DATA INTO ANALOG SIGNALS THAT CAN BE PLAYED THROUGH SPEAKERS OR HEADPHONES, AND VICE VERSA. HERE'S A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF HOW A SOUND CARD WORKS IN A PC: 1.     INPUT AND OUTPUT: ·          INPUT: WHEN YOU SPEAK INTO A MICROPHONE OR CONNECT ANOTHER AUDIO SOURCE TO YOUR COMPUTER, THE SOUND CARD CONVERTS THE ANALOG AUDIO SIGNALS FROM THE MICROPHONE INTO DIGITAL DATA THAT THE COMPUTER CAN PROCESS. ·          OUTPUT: WHEN YOU PLAY MUSIC, VIDEOS, OR ANY OTHER AUDIO CONTENT ON YOUR COMPUTER, THE SOUND CARD CONVERTS THE DIGITAL AUDIO DATA INTO ANALOG SIGNALS THAT CAN BE SENT TO SPEAKERS OR HEADPHONES FOR YOU TO HEAR. 2.  ...

EXPANSION SLOTS: A SHORT NOTE

  FRIENDS TODAY I AM GOING TO SHARE MY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE EXPANSION SLOTS. SO LETS BEGIN WITH OUR TOPIC. EXPANSION SLOTS ARE USED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES FOR CARRYING THE COMPUTATION TASK SUCH AS ADDITIONAL VIDEO, AUDIO AND SOUND, ADVANCED GRAPHICS AND ETHERNET.   SO LETS BEGIN WITH OUR KNOWLEDGE HUNTING. I WILL START BY AGP EXPANSION SLOTS.   AGP AGP STANDS FOR ACCELARATE GRAPHICS PORT.  AGP WAS INTRODUCED WITH HIGH SPEED 3D GRAPHICS DISPLAY IN 1996.  IT IS USED FOR OLDER GRAPHICS CARD TYPES WHICH IS DISCONTINUED BY PCI EX16 GRAPHICS PORT IN 2005.   THESE WERE KERNEL VERSION OF AGP MOST OF THE BRAND IN 1.5 VOLT DC.  AGP 1X CHANNEL AND 66MHZ CLOCK SPEED RESULTING A DATA TABLE OF 266 MBPS.   AGP 2X, 4X ,8X SPECIFICATION MULTIPLY MHZ CLOCK TO PRODUCE INCREASE THROUGHPUT. AGP 8X PRODUCES EFFECTIVE CLOCK FREQUENCY OF 533 MHZ RESULTING A THROUGHPUT OF 2 GBPS (2133MHZ) RESULTING A THROUGHPUT OF OVER A 32 BIT C...