Exam 1: Computers and Computer Systems

Key drive, thumb drive, and jump drive are all other names for ____.

Gemma starts her computer and begins working on a new Microsoft Word document. When Gemma starts Microsoft Word, the computer loads the word-processing instructions into ____.

RAM stands for ____ Access Memory

Which of the following is NOT true about microprocessors?

Tarun is researching various storage devices. As he learns how to care for his storage media, Tarun discovers that all of the following are true EXCEPT ____.

Computers have been around for more than 80 years.

Fifty years ago, only a handful of people were computer programmers.

CPU stands for Central ____ Unit.

In 1980, Bill Gates worked with ____________________ to develop the disk operating system.

A computer that delivers Web pages to browsers and other files to applications via the HTTP protocol is considers a ____ server.

A network drive can be a hard drive or a tape drive located on a computer other than the user's local system.

The motherboard is also called the circuit board.

____________________ is the process of carrying out commands.

A computer understands only machine language, or ____________________ code.

____ is a set of special instructions that control the activities of a computer.

The first step in the information processing cycle is ____.

Tarun is researching various storage devices. Tarun learns that ____ devices are nonvolatile, removable medium that use integrated circuits.

A mainframe is the fastest type of computer. Government agencies and large corporations use them for specialized applications to process enormous amounts of data.