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BASIC BB
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A computer does what? | Accepts data, Processes data according to instructions, provides data results and stores data. |
| What is the brain of the computer? | Microprocessor. |
| WHat is the CPU's job | Fetch, decode and execute. |
| What are the job's functions? | Fetch gets software instruction from memory telling it what to do with the data. Decode determines what the instruction means. Execute performs the instructions. |
| what is the CPU measured in? | Hertz, kilohertz, megahertz, and gigahertz. |
| what are somethings found in the motherboard? | CPU, memory, sound card, graphic cards,expansion slots. |
| what is memory measured in? | bytes, kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes, and terabytes/ |
| what is RAM and what does it do. | it is a short term memory type and accepts new information for temporary storage. |
| What is ROM? | Long Term Memory. |
| what are the remaining memory types? | Caching,Virtual memory, and Flash Memeory. |
| What is the power supply? | AC and DC |
| What are the hard drives moving parts? | Drivers and Platters. |
| What do they do? | Drivers have platters that stores data and Platters spin to record and read data. |
| What is the operating system? | Basic software that allows the user to interface with the computer. |
| What is needed for the computer to work? | THe Operating System (OS). |
| What is in every computer? | Fans, heat sinks and cooling systems. |
| What does the CMOS and the CMOS battery allow the computer to do? | It allows the computer to store information when the computer powers down. |
| What does the clock have? | It contains vibrating crystal that all components synchronize porperly. |
| What is the function of the Graphics Card? | It translates images data from the computer into a format that can be displayed by the monitor. |
| WHat are the three fundamental elements? | system unit, input devices, and output devices. |
| What does POST Stand for and what does it do? | Power On Self Test it checks the operation of the video card, looks at the value of memory, special drivers, identifies the CMOS setup, launching the operating system. |
| What is the difference of a bit and a byte? | a bit is a digit and a byte is 8 bits formed together to make a byte. |
| What is ASCII and what does it stand for? | ASCII is a form of a byte. American Standard Code of Information Interchange. |
| What does ASCII do? | it makes combination possible for digital devices to talk. |
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Brennan CB 502
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