Exam 10: Hardware and Software Basics

What is a small handheld computer that performs simple tasks such as taking notes,scheduling appointments,and maintaining an address book and a calendar?

Software _____________ occur(s)when the software vendor releases a new version of the software making significant changes to the program.

What is an older secondary storage medium that uses a strip of thin plastic coated with a magnetically sensitive recording medium?

____________ instruction set computer (CISC)chips,is a type of CPU that can recognize as many as 100 or more instructions,enough to carry out most computations directly.

Operating ___________ software also supports a variety of useful features,one of which is multitasking.

________________ tape is an older secondary storage medium that uses a strip of thin plastic coated with a magnetically sensitive recording medium.

The _______________ unit interprets software instructions and literally tells the other hardware devices what to do,based on the software instructions.

What consists of equipment designed to store large volumes of data for long-term storage?

What limits the number of instructions the CPU can execute to increase processing speed?

A tablet computer has a flat screen that uses a mouse or fingertip for input instead of a keyboard.Similar to PDAs,tablet PCs use a writing pen or stylus to write notes on the screen and touch the screen to perform functions such as clicking on a link while visiting a website.

Flash memory is a special type of rewritable read-only memory (ROM)that is compact and portable.

Course management software occurs when the software vendor releases updates to software to fix problems or enhance features.