http://live.pirillo.com/ - A bottleneck, when speaking about computer hardware, refers to the slowest components of the computer. These slower components generally hold data back from the faster components.By removing a bottleneck you can make the entire system run faster. If you have a fast CPU, video card, and hard drive, but you only have a small amount of slow RAM, you can make the entire system run faster by upgrading the speed and amount of RAM in that machine.Likewise, if you have a lot of RAM but a slow CPU, upgrading to a faster CPU will allow the system to run faster.Where does the term "bottleneck" come from? If you look at a bottle, you'll notice that the neck is generally narrower than the body of the bottle. This narrow neck slows the flow of liquid down, so enough though you have a ton of liquid in a bottle, only a small amount can trickle out.Maybe that's not the best explanation of a bottleneck - do you have a better one?Want to embed our What is a Bottleneck? video in your blog? Use this code:Chris | Live Tech Support | Video Help | Add to iTunes Less