Exam 2: Hardware Designed to Meet the Need

Data flows back and forth between the CPU and RAM across the rear side bus.

In the late 1950s, Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments and Robert Noyce of Fairchild Semiconductor developed a method to integrate multiple transistors into a single module called a(n) ____ circuit.

Identify the letter of the choice that best matches the phrase or definition. -Part of the CPU that accesses and decodes program instructions

A notebook with an SSD is called a solid-state notebook and contains no moving parts save for the ____ drive.

____________________ has been defined as the ability to maintain data within the system temporarily or permanently.

Any object having at least one distinct state can be used as a digital switch.

Magnetic storage devices use the magnetic properties of ____ oxide particles to store bits and bytes more permanently than RAM.

Human-readable data can be directly ____ by humans.

The quality of a digital electronics device is typically a reflection of the ____ of its processor.

Cindy wants to add both a scanner and a webcam to her home personal computer. She is researching expansion options. -Cindy's husband wants to add a better sound card to the computer. The sound card comes with its own circuit board, called an ____, that would be used to install it on the personal computer.

Identify the letter of the choice that best matches the phrase or definition. -Electronics component that opens or closes a circuit to alter the flow of electricity to store and manipulate bits

An example of a(n) ____ I/O device is the pill-sized camera from Given Imaging that, when swallowed, records images of the stomach and the small intestine as it passes through the digestive system.

____ require(s) no moving parts to read and write data. It is therefore much faster and much quieter, requires less power, and produces less heat.

The latest technique in chip design is referred to as multicore technology and refers to housing more than one CPU on a chip. _________________________

Mail time refers to the amount of time it takes for a request for data to be fulfilled by the storage device. _________________________

When electricity is flowing through a transistor it represents a 0; when it is not flowing it represents a 1.

Please briefly describe these two new active areas of research in processing technologies: Quantum computing and DNA computing.

Graphics ____ allow you to draw with a pen-like device on a tablet to create drawings on your display.

A ____ is a small flash memory module that conveniently plugs into the USB port of a PC or other digital electronics device to provide convenient, portable, high-capacity storage.

A technology called a(n) data area network links together many storage devices over a network and treats them as one large disk. _________________________