Which term is used to refer to all of the hardware
physical parts of a computer system?
Software that allows you to do word application programs
processing, send e-mails, or play games is
commonly referred to as
Which of the following is an example of an Microsoft Windows
operating system?
an extremely fast, expensive computer with a large data capacity that is typically used
A mainframe computer is
by huge companies.
A computer that serves other computers by server
running important software and storing
important data is called a
What piece of computer hardware is often CPU
referred to as the "brains" of the computer?
Which of the following components would motherboard
NOT be considered a peripheral device?
At the lowest level of processing, computers a bit
represent data and instructions using a series
of binary digits, 1's and 0's. An individual
binary digit is known as a
A kilobyte is 1024 bytes
A string of 8 binary digits is known as a byte
A removable USB flash drive with a capacity 4 GB
of 4096 megabytes has an equivalent
storage capacity of
Which type of memory contains the ROM
instructions necessary for the computer's
basic input/output system (BIOS) which is
used to load essential data when the
CGS 1060 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE 1
computer is turned on?
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