A+ Guide to IT Technical Support (Hardware and Software) (MindTap Course List)
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The cable in the Computer
To find: Whether a cable inside the computer is a data and instruction cable or a power cable.
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The computer contains two types of cable, one is a power cable and the other is a data and instruction cable.
The power cable is mainly used to provide power to the drives, such as, the hard drive, optical drive, and tape drive etc...
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