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Computer Terms
Computer terms-grades 7 and 8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Processor | a small computer chip that is inside computers and electronic devices |
| RAM | the temporary memory of a computer |
| Binary | a two digit number system, using zeroes and ones to store data and compute functions |
| Bit | the smallest unit of computer data, whose name came from "Binary Digit" |
| Memory | any type of storage data, like RAM and ROM |
| Byte | one of these contains 8 binary bits |
| kilobyte | it is 2 to the 10th power or 1,024 bytes |
| megabyte | 10 to the 6th power or about 1 million bytes |
| gigabyte | 10 to the 9th power or about 1 billion bytes |
| terabyte | 2 to the 40th power or 1 trillion bytes |