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Drive Bay
A drive bay is a standard-sized area for adding hardware to a computer. Most drive bays are fixed to the inside of a case, but some can be removed. Over the years since the introduction of the IBM PC, it and its compatibles have had many form factors of drive bays. Four form factors are in common use today, the 5.25-inch, 3.5-inch, 2.5-inch or 1.8-inch drive bays. These names do not refer to the width of the bay itself, but rather to the width of the disks used by the drives mounted in these bays. Form factors 8.0-inch ''8.0-inch'' drive bays were found in early IBM computers, CP/M computers, and the TRS-80 Model II. They were high, wide, and approximately deep, and were used for hard disk drives and floppy disk drives. This form factor is obsolete. 5.25-inch ''5.25-inch'' drive bays are divided into two height specifications, ''full-height'' and ''half-height''. ''Full-height'' bays were found in old PCs in the early to mid-1980s. They were high, wide, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drive Bays
A drive bay is a standard-sized area for adding hardware to a computer. Most drive bays are fixed to the inside of a case, but some can be removed. Over the years since the introduction of the IBM PC, it and its compatibles have had many form factors of drive bays. Four form factors are in common use today, the 5.25-inch, 3.5-inch, 2.5-inch or 1.8-inch drive bays. These names do not refer to the width of the bay itself, but rather to the width of the disks used by the drives mounted in these bays. Form factors 8.0-inch ''8.0-inch'' drive bays were found in early IBM computers, CP/M computers, and the TRS-80 Model II. They were high, wide, and approximately deep, and were used for hard disk drives and floppy disk drives. This form factor is obsolete. 5.25-inch ''5.25-inch'' drive bays are divided into two height specifications, ''full-height'' and ''half-height''. ''Full-height'' bays were found in old PCs in the early to mid-1980s. They were high, wide, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memory Card
A memory card is an electronic data storage device used for storing digital information, typically using flash memory. These are commonly used in digital portable electronic devices. They allow adding memory to such devices using a card in a socket instead of a protruding USB flash drives. History The basis for memory card technology is flash memory. It was invented by Fujio Masuoka at Toshiba in 1980 and commercialized by Toshiba in 1987. PC Cards (PCMCIA) were the first commercial memory card formats (type I cards) to come out, but are now mainly used in industrial applications and to connect I/O devices such as modems. In 1992, SanDisk introduced FlashDisk, a PCMCIA card and one of the first memory cards that did not require battery power to retain its contents. Since 1994, a number of memory card formats smaller than the PC Card arrived. The first one was CompactFlash and later SmartMedia and Miniature Card. The desire for smaller cards for cell-phones, PDAs, and co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Box (computer Hardware)
In computer hardware, a white box is a personal computer or server without a well-known brand name. The term is usually applied to systems assembled by small system integrators and to homebuilt computer systems assembled by end users from parts purchased separately at retail. In this sense, building a white box system is part of the DIY movement.Dell eyes 'white box' market CNET News, August 20, 2002 The term is also applied to high volume production of unbranded PCs that began in the mid-1980s with 8 MHz Turbo XT systems selling for just under $1000. In 2002, around 30% of personal computers sold annually were white box systems. Operating systems While PCs built by system manufac ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
