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How many cycles per second is a hertz? 1
What is the main circuit board to which all of the other internal components connect? Motherboard
What is considered to be the brain of the computer? CPU
What are the CPU's three jobs? Fetch, Decode, Execute
What does RAM stand for? Random Access Memory
What does ROM stand for? Read Only Memory
What is space on a hard disk used to temporarily store data and swap it in and out of RAM as needed? Virtual Memory
How many bytes is a gigabyte? 1,073,741,824
How many bytes is a terabytes? 1,099,511,627,776
What does BIOS stand for? Basic Input/Output System
What is a large-capacity storage used to hold information such as programs and documents? Hard Disk
What is the Operating System? Basic software that allows the user to interface with the computer
What is the central processing speed measured in? Hertz
What is POST? A type of ROM that is used by the computer to establish when the computer first powers on.
What does IDE stand for? Integrated Drive Electronics
What does AGP stand for? Accelerated Graphics Port
What does the sound card do? Used to record and play audio by converting analog sounds to digital
What 4 things does a computer do? accepts, processes, provides, and stores data
What does it mean for the computer Decode something? It determenes what the instructions mean
What does the Graphics Card do? Translates image data from the computer into a format that can be displayed by the monitor
What is a type of ROM that is used by the computer to establish when the computer first turns on? BIOS
How many bits form a byte? 8
What numbers does a binary code consist of? 0's and 1's
What are transistors? microscopic electronic switches that turn on and off a million times a second
What does resolution refer to? the number of individual dots of color known as pixels contained on a display.
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