Exam 5: Computing Components

The read/write heads of a disk drive all read from the same disk at the same time.

Which of the following is a unit of frequency?

The fetch part of the fetch-execute cycle fetches the next instruction to be executed from memory.

The von Neumann architecture is characterized by the fact that instructions and data are logically the same and can both be stored in memory.

Whose name is attached to a type of computer architecture characterized by storing a program in the same place as regular data?

A(n) _______________ is a computer that is designed to perform a narrow range of functions as part of a larger system.

_______________ is a computing technique in which multiple processors apply the same set of instructions to multiple data sets at the same time.

If an ad for a computer describes a memory having 4 x 2³⁰ bytes, how many gigabytes of the computer are uniquely addressable?

ROM stands for _______________, which retains its contents even after the power is turned off.