Exam 4: Hardware and Software

How does open source work? How is different from closed source projects?

When there is not enough memory to load additional programs in the main memory,the operating system removes some programs/data and replaces it with the newly requested programs/data through a process called ________.

A quad-processor computer has two CPUs.

What is unique about Linux as an operating system?

Most servers do not have a video display or even a keyboard.

A flatbed plotter is an example of an input device.

What is virtualization?

A server farm can process only one service request per minute.

Users employ ________ computers for word processing,spreadsheets,database access,and so forth.

Application programs that require programs other than a browser on a user's computer are called ________.

Magnetic and optical disks are nonvolatile.

A specification that a computing device has 100 million bytes of memory means that the device could hold up to 100 million characters.

What is firmware?

What are the two important software constraints? Explain with suitable examples.

To execute an instruction,data is moved from the main memory to the CPU via the ________.

Virtualization is the process by which one computer hosts the appearance of many computers.

Differentiate between client and server computers.

Memory swapping is the process of transferring data between the main memory and the cache.

Which of the following is true of a 32-bit CPU?

When you work on a spreadsheet program like Excel,the program is loaded into the cache for processing.