Exam 2: The System Unit: Processing and Memory

Several of the original ports used with desktop computers-such as the parallel ports traditionally used to connect printers-are now considered standard ports.

USB ports are used to connect a computer to a phone outlet via telephone connectors.

The decode unit coordinates and controls the operations and activities taking place within the CPU.

One of the most common methods for storing graphics data is in the form of a bitmap-a grid of hundreds of thousands of dots, called ____________________.

Traditionally, PC Cards were used for notebook expansion.

Most CPUs today are ____________________ CPUs; that is, CPUs that contain the processing components or cores of multiple independent processors on a single CPU.

The ____ orders data and instructions from cache or RAM based on the task at hand.

Text-based data is represented by fixed-length binary coding systems specifically developed for text-based data-namely, ASCII, EBCDIC, and ____________________.

Each place value in a binary number represents ____ raised to the appropriate power.

Typically, 3D chips are created by layering individual silicon wafers on top of one another.

-The accompanying figure shows a DIMM RAM microprocessor. _________________________