Exam 10: Hardware and Software Basics

Personal digital assistant (PDA)is a small handheld computer that performs simple tasks such as taking notes,scheduling appointments,and maintaining an address book and a calendar.The PDA screen is touch-sensitive,allowing a user to write directly on the screen,capturing what is written.

An embedded ____________ system is used in computer appliances and special-purpose applications,such as an automobile,ATM,or media player and are used for a single purpose.

_________________ allows more than one piece of software to be used at a time.

ROM is nonvolatile,meaning it does not require constant power to function.ROM contains essential system programs that neither the user nor the computer can erase.Since the computer's internal memory is blank during start-up,the computer cannot perform any functions unless given start-up instructions.

Crash-proof ____________ helps save information if a computer crashes.

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

An input device is equipment used to see,hear,or otherwise accept the results of information processing requests.

Desktop publishing increases the cooperation and joint productivity of small groups of co-workers.

A supercomputer is the fastest,most powerful,and most expensive type of computer.Organizations such as NASA that are heavily involved in research and number crunching employ supercomputers because of the speed with which they can process information.Other large,customer-oriented businesses such as General Motors and AT&T employ supercomputers just to handle customer information and transaction processing.

An appliance is a computer dedicated to a single function,such as a calculator or computer game.

Disk _________________ software organizes information on a hard disk in the most efficient way.

File and data recovery software retrieves accidental deletion of photos or documents.

Which license enables anyone on the network to install and use the software?

What software organizes information on a hard disk in the most efficient way?

Desktop ________________ transforms a computer into a desktop publishing workstation.Leading packages include Adobe FrameMaker,Adobe PageMaker,and QuarkXpress.

Identify the different computer categories and explain their potential business uses.

Primary storage is the computer's main memory,which consists of the random access memory (RAM),cache memory,and read-only memory (ROM)that is directly accessible to the CPU.

What software contains course information such as a syllabus and assignments and offers drop boxes for quizzes and homework along with a grade book?

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

Volatility is a protected memory space created by the CPU allowing the computer to create virtual machines.