Exam 10: Understanding Computer Hardware and Software: From CPUs to Operating Systems

What enables a user to return to the previous operating system?

What 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?

A common type of minicomputer is a server and is used for managing internal company applications,networks,and websites.

Application service provider licenses specialty software paid for on a license basis or per-use basis or usage-based licensing.

A disk image organizes information on a hard disk in the most efficient way.

What is equipment used to capture information and commands?

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

What is equipment used to see,hear,or otherwise accept the results of information processing requests?

System restore enables a user to return to the previous operating system.

What software controls how the various technology tools work together along with the application software?

A network user license enables anyone on the network to install and use the software.

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

What provides nonvolatile memory for a range of portable devices including computers,digital cameras,MP3 players,and PDAs?

What is a computer designed to meet the computing needs of hundreds of people in a large business environment?

A desktop computer portable enough to fit on a lap or in a bag and has its own power source or battery.

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

What is the number of billions of CPU cycles per second?

What occurs if the system is failing and will load only the most essential parts of the operating system and will not run many of the background operating utilities?

Utility systems are customized by using the control panel,which is a Windows feature that provides options that set default values for the Windows operating system.

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.