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A device that converts digital signals into analog signals.
A DC Motor is a rotary electric machine that converts direct current electrical energy into mechanical energy.
Debouncing is a technique used to eliminate the false signals generated by mechanical switches or signals due to the physical bounce of electronic contacts.
A development board is a printed circuit board designed to facilitate the development and testing of embedded systems.
A semiconductor device that allows current to flow in only one direction.
The ratio of active time to total time in a repeating cycle.
DDR4 and DDR5 are types of double data rate synchronous dynamic random-access memory (SDRAM), used in computing devices.
Software or hardware used for identifying, analyzing, and resolving faults in a computer system.
Sockets on a motherboard used to install DIMM memory modules.
A device or software used to adjust and refine a display’s color accuracy and gamma settings to industry standards.
DisplayPort is a digital display interface standard primarily used to connect video sources to displays and other digital displays.
Drive partitioning is the division of a storage device into sections that function as independent disk drives.
The process of installing device-specific software that allows the operating system to communicate with hardware.
A method that allows a computer to run two different operating systems independently.
Technical procedure for removing particulate matter from computer hardware.