WGU C952 Vocab Final Exam With Verified Solutions.
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Server - Answer A computer used for running larger programs for multiple users, often simultaneously, and typically accessed only via a network
Supercomputer - Answer A class of computers with the highest performance and cost; they are configured as servers and typically cost tens to hundr...
WGU C952 Vocab Final Exam With
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Server - Answer A computer used for running larger programs for multiple users, often simultaneously,
and typically accessed only via a network
Supercomputer - Answer A class of computers with the highest performance and cost; they are
configured as servers and typically cost tens to hundreds of millions of dollars
Embedded computer - Answer A computer inside another device used for running one predetermined
application or collection of software
Personal mobile devices - Answer small wireless devices to connect to the Internet; they rely on
batteries for power, and software is installed by downloading apps. Conventional examples are smart
phones and tablets
Cloud computing - Answer large collections of servers that provide services over the Internet; some
providers rent dynamically varying numbers of servers as a utility
Software as a Service - Answer delivers software and data as a service over the Internet, usually via a
thin program such as a browser that runs on local client devices, instead of binary code that must be
installed, and runs wholly on that device. Examples include web search and social networking
Multicore microprocessor - Answer A microprocessor containing multiple processors ("cores") in a
single integrated circuit
Terabyte (TB) - Answer 1 trillion bytes, 10^12
tebibyte (TiB) - Answer 2^40 bytes
Systems software - Answer Software that provides services that are commonly useful, including
operating systems, compilers, loaders, and assemblers
, Operating system - Answer Supervising program that manages the resources of a computer for the
benefit of the programs that run on that computer
Compiler - Answer A program that translates high-level language statements into assembly language
statements
Binary digit (bit) - Answer One of the two numbers in base 2 (0 or 1) that are the components of
information
Instruction - Answer A command that computer hardware understands and obeys
Assembler - Answer A program that translates a symbolic version of instructions into the binary version
Assembly language - Answer A symbolic representation of machine instructions
Machine language - Answer A binary representation of machine instructions
High-level programming language - Answer A portable language such as C, C++, Java, or Visual Basic
that is composed of words and algebraic notation that can be translated by a compiler into assembly
language
Liquid crystal display - Answer A display technology using a thin layer of liquid polymers that can be
used to transmit or block light according to whether a charge is applied
Active matrix display - Answer A liquid crystal display using a transistor to control the transmission of
light at each individual pixel
Integrated circuit - Answer Also called a chip. A device combining dozens to millions of transistors
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