Exam 22: Strategic Initiatives for Implementing Competitive Advantages

Flash memory is a special type of rewritable read-only memory (ROM) that is compact and portable.

What software organizes information on a hard disk in the most efficient way?

What refers to a device's ability to function with or without power?

Application software also supports a variety of useful features, one of which is multitasking.

Which license restricts the use of the software to one user at a time?

A single user license restricts the use of the software to one user at a time.

What is the number of millions of CPU cycles per second?

What is a computer portable enough to fit on a lap or in a bag and has its own power source or battery?

What is the size of the internal electrical pathway along which signals are sent from one part of the computer to another?

What detects the presence or absence of a mark in a predetermined place (popular for multiple-choice exams)?

What is a computer that has a flat screen that uses a mouse or fingertip for input instead of a keyboard?

Gigahertz is the number of millions of CPU cycles per second.

Explain the difference between primary and secondary storage.

What enables users to navigate the World Wide Web?

What provides additional functionality to the operating system?

Safe mode occurs if the system is failing and will load only the most essential parts of the operating system and will not run many of the background operating utilities.

Utility systems are customized by using the control panel, which is a Windows feature that provides options that set default values for the Windows operating system.

Software upgrade occurs when the software vendor releases a new version of the software making significant changes to the program.

What consists of equipment designed to store large volumes of data for long-term storage?

Cache memory is a small unit of ultra-fast memory that is used to store recently accessed or frequently accessed data so that the CPU does not have to retrieve this data from slower memory circuits such as RAM.