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Computer Information Systems 106 with Unverzagt at Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville
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By: Logan Jackson
Created: 2011-12-10
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An SSD reads data ____ percent faster than a traditional hard drive.
300
The ____ program contains the instructions needed to start up the computer.
boot
All of the following are kinds of multicore processor EXCEPT ____.
oct-core
The speed of the ____ dictates how fast the processor can process data.
internal clock
When reading a specification for a DVD drive such as 16X, the X stands for “times the original ____ rate” of a disc.
transfer
____ are mass-produced by building millions of transistors and other processing components one layer at a time.
Chips
A ____ disc can hold 50 GB of information.
two-layer Blue-ray
The most powerful single-core processors have clock speeds of more than ____.
3.2 GHz
A typical personal computer motherboard includes a socket for all of the following EXCEPT ____.
The cloud computing bus
Moore’s Law states that the number of transistors on a chip will double about every ____.
two years
Both the processor and RAM require ____ to store data.
electricity
The ____ of the CPU carries out software instructions using the four-step sequence of the machine cycle.
control unit
Microdrives can hold dozens of ____ to allow handheld portable devices to store hours of music and video.
gigabites
DVD drives are ____-compatible with CD-ROMs.
backward
Most of today’s PCs come equipped with at least 256 ____ of video memory.
megabytes
The ____ rate for a hard disk drive is much slower than that of solid-state storage.
access
____ is used to storage image data for a computer display in order to speed the processing and display of video and graphics images.
VRAM
A CPU component known as the ____ carries out instructions, such as mathematical and logical operations.
ALU
____ consists of programs and data from the computer manufacturer, including the boot process used to start the computer.
Firmware
Using Moore’s Law, we can gauge how ____ processors might be in the coming years.
fast
With ____ memory, data is stored permanently with no moving parts or the need for electricity.
flash
Video memory acts as a(n) ____ between the microprocessor and the display.
buffer
The ____ bus connects the processor to the main memory and the northbridge, a memory controller hub that controls access to primary storage (RAM) and graphics systems.
front side
The term storage ____ is used for hardware that stores and retrieves data.
device
A CPU component known as the ____ sequentially accesses program instructions, decodes them, and coordinates the flow of data in different areas.
control unit
Transistors are used in all of the following EXCEPT ____.
air conditioning units
A(n) ____ is an electronics component typically composed of silicon that opens or closes a circuit to alter the flow of electricity to store and manipulate bits.
transistor
Transistors allow for the control of the flow of ____.
electrons
Integrated circuits are also known as ____.
microchips
Video memory is ____ on notebook computers.
integrated
On an optical disc, the lack of a(n) ____ represents a 1.
pit
Magnetic disks are a ____ access storage medium.
direct
A(n) ____ circuit connects tiny transistors and other electronics components on a thin piece of semiconductive material such as silicon.
integrated
ROM stores a program called the ____, which stores information about your hardware configuration along with the boot program.
BIOS
In a ____ processing system, processing is divided equally among multiple CPUs.
parellel
____ is NOT an example of solid-state storage.
a Blue-ray discq
A multiprocessor system may combine a ____with a graphics processor to excel at a particular type of function.
CPU
In 2005, ____ produced the first dual-core processors.
Intel and AMD
About this deck
By: Logan Jackson
Created: 2011-12-10
Size: 38 flashcards
Views: 113
Created: 2011-12-10
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Views: 113
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