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Vocabulary Quiz 2

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Storage Devices   Used to keep data when the power to computer is turned off.  
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Megabyte   Approximately 1 million bytes  
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Circuit   The path from one component of a computer to another that data uses to travel.  
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Kilobyte   Approximately 1,000 bytes  
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RAM   The ability of a storage device to go directly to a specific storage location without having to search sequentially from a beginning location.  
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Boot Process   Sequence of events that occurs between the time you turn on a computer and the time that it becomes ready to accept commands  
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ROM   Drives can read data from disks, but cannot store new data on them.  
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Pentium   Name of the CPU; 5th generation of the Intel processor.  
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Silicon Chip   Melted Sand; what the circuits are embedded into to keep them together.  
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Bit   Each 0 or 1  
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Terabyte   Approximately 1 trillion bytes.  
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Gigabyte   Approximately 1 billion bytes.  
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Binary Numbers   A method for representing letters or numbers using only two digits, 0 and 1.  
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Megahertz   Used to describe the speed of the system clock  
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Byte   8 bits  
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