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DFJHS Computer Tech
Computer Performance
Question | Answer |
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Sequence of events that occurs between the time you turn on a computer and the time that it becomes ready to accept commands. | Boot Process |
The path from one component of a computer to another that data uses to travel. | Circuits |
Circuits are embedded in Silicon to keep them together. | Silicon Chip |
A measurement used to describe the speed of the system clock. Equal to one million cycles(or pulses) per second. | Megahertz (mHz) |
5th generation of the Intel processor. | Pentium |
Drives can read data from disks, but cannot store new data on them. | ROM“Read only memory” |
The ability of a storage device to go directly to a specific storage location without having to search sequentially from a beginning location.Very volatile. | RAM“Random Access Memory" |
A method for representing letters or numbers using only two digits, 0 and 1. | Binary Number System |
Each 0 or 1 | Bit |
8 bits (1 character) | Byte |
Approximately 1,000 bytesExactly 1,024 bytes (1 page, double spaced) | Kilobyte |
Approximately 1 million bytesExactly 1,048,576 bytes (novel) | Megabyte |
Approximately 1 billion bytes (an encyclopedia set) | Gigabyte |
Approximately 1 trillion bytes (a bookstore) | Terabyte |
Circuit is OFF or Empty | "0" Zero |
Circuit is ON or Filled | "1" One |