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28 Cards in this Set
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The ___________ __________ __________ refers to the part of the Internet that presents information in multimedia form. |
World Wide Web |
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"___________ __________" merges computing with high speed communications. |
Information Technology |
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___________ is an electronic machine that accepts data and processes it into information. |
Computer |
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The __________ is a worldwide network that connects hundreds of thousands of smaller networks. |
Internet |
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__________ refers to information presented in nontextual forms such as video, sound, and graphics. |
Multimedia |
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__________ are high-capacity computers with thousands of processors. |
Supercomputers |
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Embedded computers, or ___________, are installed in "smart" appliances and automobiles. |
Microcontrollers |
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The kind of software that enables users to perform specific tasks is called _________ software. |
Application |
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Ram is an example of ________ storage, and a hard drive is an example of ________ storage. |
Primary Secondary |
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_________ is a communications system connecting two or more computers. |
Network |
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The four basic operations of all computers are _________, _________, _________, and ___________. |
Input, Output, Processing, Storage |
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The first programmable computer in the United States, which appeared in 1946, was called ________. |
ENIAC |
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The ________ is the display device that takes the electrical signals from the video card and forms an image using points of colored light on the screen. |
Monitor |
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The base material for computer processing devices is ___________, a natural element found in sand. |
Silicon |
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The general term for all the machinery and equipment in a computer system is __________. |
Hardware |
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The _________ and the _________ are the two most common input devices. |
Keyboard Mouse |
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The processor chip, commonly called the ___________ or a _____ ,is a tiny pieces of silicon that contains millions of miniature electronic circuits. |
Processor CPU |
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One gigabyte is approximately ______ characters |
1 billion |
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Which of the following devices converts computer output into displayed images? |
Monitor |
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Which of the following computer types is the smallest? |
Microcontroller |
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Which of the following is the secondary-storage devices? |
Floppy-Disk Drive |
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Since the days when computers were first made available , computers have developed in three directions. What are they? |
Miniaturization Affordability Increase Speed
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Which of the following operations constitute the four basic operations followed by all computers? |
Processing |
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Supercomputers are used for |
Breaking codes Simulations for explosions of nuclear bombs Forecasting weather |
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What is the leading use of computers? |
Emails |
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Which is the main circuit board in the computer? |
Motherboard |
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A terabyte is approximately |
One trillion characters |
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Speakers are an example of |
An output device |
