Exam 6: Understanding and Assessing Hardware: Evaluating Your System

________ is a feature of a CPU that allows it to begin to fetch the next instruction before it has finished executing the current one.

RAM is an example of ________ storage.

During a typical system evaluation, each of your computer's subsystems are evaluated under normal workday situations.

A(n) ________ performs the same kind of computational work that a CPU performs but is specialized to handle 3-D graphics and image and video processing.

The process the CPU performs for each program instruction is called the ________.

The percentage of time your CPU is working is referred to as CPU ________.

The CPU includes which two major parts?

In ________ processing, there is a large network of computers, with each computer working on a portion of the same problem simultaneously.

The small circuit boards that hold RAM chips are known as ________.

CPU ________ are measurements used to compare performance between processors.

The CPU usage ________ records your CPU usage for the past minute.

The system clock controls when the CPU moves to the next stage of processing.