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What 3 things does a computer do?
Input, Processing, Output
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What is the largest circuit board in the PC?
Motherboard
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What letter represents the diskette drive of the
computer and what letter represents the hard
drive?
A (diskette) and C (hard drive)
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What does RAM stand for?
Random Access Memory
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Name 4 computer hardware components
Monitor, mouse, keyboard, hard disk, diskette
drive, CD-ROM, CD-RW, modem, printer, scanner,
speaker, CPU, motherboard, power supply, bus
expansion slots
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What does CPU stand for and what is it often
called?
Central Processing Unit The brain of the
computer
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What happens to a document in RAM when the power
is turned off?
It is lost.
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Name two common input devices.
Keyboard, mouse, scanner, touch screen, CD-ROM
drive
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Name two types of printers.
laser inkjet plotter
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Name four mouse functions.
point click double click drag right click right
drag scroll
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How is the speed of a computer measured?
megahertz or gigahertz
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What is the difference between gigabyte and
gigahertz?
Gigabyte measures storage. Gigahertz measures
speed.
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What Operating System Software do we have in our
lab?
Windows 7
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What do Network Administrators do?
They ensure that a companys network operates
efficiently.
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What do Help Desk Professionals do?
They provide help to users of applications.
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What do Web site Designers and Programmers do?
They decide what websites will look like and
write the code to create them.
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What is software?
Instructions that tell your computer what to do
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What are the two types of software?
Operating System Software and Application Software
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What type of computer would a large business use
to do huge numbers of relatively simple
computations.
mainframe
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What category of computer do we have in our lab?
microcomputer
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What category of computer is the fastest problem
solver?
supercomputer
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What kind of computer is used by more that one
person and is often referred to as a workstation
and server.
minicomputer
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What is the most commonly used microcomputer
called?
personal computer
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Name the 4 categories of computers from largest
to smallest
Supercomputer Mainframe Minicomputer Microcomputer
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Personal computers operate through a number of
on/off switches. What are they called?
binary digits or bits
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What is a string of 8 bits called?
byte
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What does a zero in binary code represent?
A switch that is off
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How many bytes are in a Kilobyte?
1 thousand
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How many bytes are in a Gigabyte?
1 billion
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What term would you use for a million bytes?
Megabyte