Definition of trim for English Language Learners. : 1  to cut (something) off something else : to remove (something) by cutting. : 2  to make (something) neat by cutting it. : 3  to make the size, amount, or extent of (something) smaller.
Check with your system vendor for the appropriate keystrokes or to see if you need to run a program from MS-DOS or Windows to configure your system. Because the settings you make in the BIOS setup program are stored in the nonvolatile RAM of the CMOS chip, the settings are often called CMOS settings. In the following section, we will review the typical setup process, looking at each screen of a typical Pentium-class system.
Chapter 4 presented the components in the system unit, described how memory stores data, instructions, and information, and discussed the sequence of operations that occur when a computer executes an instruction.The chapter included a comparison of various microprocessors on the market today.any of the system unit s components reside on a circuit board called the motherboard. The motherboard contains many different types of chips, or small pieces of semiconducting material, on which one or more integrated circuits (IC) are etched.