Exam 1: Computers and Digital Basics

When the computer completes an instruction, the control unit increments the instruction pointer to the memory address of the next instruction, and the instruction cycle begins again.

____ can refer to a skilled programmer who manipulates computers with malicious intent.

What is the major difference between application software and system software?

Critical Thinking questions (Multiple Choice) A computer is a server if the ____.

A(n) integrated circuit is a super-thin slice of semiconducting material packed with microscopic circuit elements such as wires, transistors, capacitors, logic gates, and resistors.

After a compiler converts source code into the 0s and 1s that correspond to instructions in the microprocessor's instruction set, the end product is called ____ code.

Today, just about every computer uses one or more microprocessors as its CPU.

____ tools cloak a person's identity and make it possible to exercise freedom of speech in situations where reprisals might repress it.

What is a microcontroller? Give an example of how one works, and discuss whether or not a microcontroller is really a computer.