Exam 2: Hardware and Software

One of the disadvantages of proprietary software is that:

A(n)_____ is an inexpensive desktop computer designed to be smaller and lighter,and consume much less power than a traditional desktop computer.

_____ are the most powerful computers with the fastest processing speed and highest performance.

A(n)_____ is a climate-and-access-controlled building or a set of buildings that houses the computer hardware that delivers an organization's data and information services.

Software upgrades vary widely in the benefits that they provide,and what some people call a benefit others might call a drawback.

_____ is software that is mass produced by software vendors to address needs that are common across business,organizations,or individuals.

​As the difference among computer manufacturers in the arenas of price and performance narrows,support for green computing is emerging as a new business strategy for these companies to distinguish themselves from the competition.

Operating systems use _____ techniques to increase the amount of processing that can be accomplished in a given amount of time.

Eight bits together form a _____. ​

_____ are portable,lightweight personal computers that can come with or without a keyboard and allow a user to roam the office,home,or factory floor carrying the device like a clipboard.

The software associated with a virtual tape system is sometimes called a(n)_____.

A multicore microprocessor combines two or more independent processors into a single computer so that they can share the workload and boost processing capacity.

_____ is a Linux-based operating system for netbooks and nettops,which are notebooks and desktop PCs primarily used to access Web based information and services such as email,Web browsing,social networks,and Google online applications.

_____ are sets of keywords,symbols,and rules for constructing statements that people can use to communicate instructions to a computer.

_____ is a powerful operating system originally developed by AT&T for use on minicomputers but now runs on workstations,servers,and mainframe computers.

The _____ unit of the central processing unit (CPU)performs mathematical calculations and makes logical comparisons.

To run,applications request services from the operating system through a defined application program interface (API).

What is grid computing? How does it work?

One advantage of proprietary software versus off-the-shelf software is that _____.

Organic light-emitting diode (OLED)monitors use less power than light-emitting diode (LED)monitors.