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CS chapter 1-2
CS chapter study guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Computer | A programmable, electronic device that accepts data input. |
| Software | The instructions, also called computer programs, that are used to tell a computer what to do. |
| Operating system | A type of system that enable a computer to operate and manage it's resource & activities |
| Embedded Computer | A tiny computer in a product and designed to perform specific tasks for that product |
| Mid range servers | A medium sized computer used to host programs and data from a small network. |
| Mainframe computers | A computer used in large organizations such as hospitals large business and colleges,that need to manage large amount of centralized data |
| Computer Network | A collection of computers and other hardware devices that are connected together. |
| WEB page | A document, typically containing hyperlinks to other documents, located on a Web server and available through the WWW |
| WEB site | A collection of related web pages |
| Domain name | A text based internet address used to uniquely identify a computer on the internet. |
| What is the order of Byte, smallest to largest | KB= 1024, MB= 1,million, GB= 1,billion TB= 1, trillion PB= 1,000 Terabytes |
| What is ACII | American Standard code for information interchange. A fixed lengthy binary coding system widely used to represent text based data for computer processing on many types of computers |
| How is data tranlated on your computer for you to see | by bits, and bytes, which are arranged by numbers 0 and 1 |
| What is system unit | The main box of a computer that houses to the CPU, motherboard memory and other devices. |
| What is CPU | Performs the calculations and does the comparison needed for processing and controls the other parts of the computer system a chip located in side |
| What is the motherboard | The main circuit board of a computer, located in side the system unit, to which all computer components connect |
| Ram | Chips connect to the mother board that provides a temporary location for the computer to hold data |
| Cache memory | A group of fast memory chips |
| Storage Device | A piece of hardware, such as DVD drive into which a storage medium is to be inserted |
| Storage medium | The part of a storage system where data is stored such as dvd. |
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