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Which part of the CPU is responsible for decoding the instructions?
Control Unit
A translator for high level code that translates code all at once into machine code
Compiler
What is Virtual Memory?
A section of volatile memory created temporarily on the storage drive
What is stored in Read Only Memory (ROM)?
BIOS and boot sequence (the computer's initial start-up process)
The first computer programmer was...
Ada Lovelace
A list of steps to finish a task. A set of instructions that can be performed with or without a computer.
algorithm
The smallest unit of information is ?
a bit
____ the study of computers and computing, including their theoretical and algorithmic foundations, hardware and software, and their uses for processing information.
computer science
Examples of 5 Input Devices
keyboard, mouse, microphone, stylus, scanner, camera
Which of these devices would be used by a till worker in a shop?
Barcode Scanner
Which type of output device allows a motor to be moved?
Actuator
A compact computer that uses a microprocessor and is designed for individual use, as by a person in an office or at home or school, for such applications as word processing, data management, financial analysis, or computer games
Personal Computer
A very fast, powerful mainframe computer, used in advanced military and scientific applications
Supercomputer
A data processing system employed mainly in large organizations for various applications, including bulk data processing, process control, industry and consumer statistics,
Mainframe
A computer equipped with specific programs and/or hardware that enables it to offer services to other computers (clients) on its network.
Server
Computer _____________ is a set of instructions that tells a computer what to do or how to perform a task.
Software
A computer processes instructions using two ____ digits, ____ and ____.
binary, 1 and 0
Headphones, speakers, monitors, and printers are examples of which type of devices?
Output
The circuit board that connects everything inside your computer together is the
Motherboard
The CPU cache is a memory buffer that sits between the hard drive and the main memory. (True/False)
False
In addition to Input, Processing and Output, a computer system needs:
Storage
The physical components of a computer system is known as?
Hardware
The IPO model of a computer system refers to?
Input, Process, Output
Processors have a speed measured in:
Hertz
The full name for the RAM used in modern computers is SDRAM, what does the SD stand for?
Synchronous Dynamic
What does the DDR in DDR SDRAM stand for?
Double Data Rate
The location of where data can be found in the computer memory is called the?
Address
Which bus is used to send read and write signals to a storage device such as a HDD?
Control Bus
What are the two main parts of the processor?
Control Unit & Arithmetic Logic Unit
What are the 3 parts of the Von Neumann computer architecture?
Processor (CU & ALU), Memory Unit & Input/Output
Who developed the idea of a stored program computer and modern computer architecture?
John Von Neumann
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