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ISTM 210 Phinney Exam 1 Better With Solutions 100% Correct What is a microcomputer's speed measured by? Clock Rate (GHz) - the cycles per second in which the computer can perform its most basic tasks. Nibble 4 bits or half a byte 1 byte 8 bits how many bits equal an integer (whole #)? 32 bi...

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What is a microcomputer's speed measured by? Clock Rate (GHz) - the cycles per second

in which the computer can perform its most basic tasks.




Nibble 4 bits or half a byte




1 byte 8 bits




how many bits equal an integer (whole #)? 32 bits




Multi-core chips many chips encased in one chip package working together




Speed of the computer is... directly related but NOT solely based on CPU




Chassis The physical box, or microcomputer, itself




RISC Reduced Instruction Set Computer

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What was RISC designed for? designed for efficiency and were the first 64 bit processors




Bus Lines Analogy roads




Bus lines are measured by width




What are bus lines? Pathways that transfer data/power between the components inside of a

computer




BITS Binary Digits




USB Universal Serial Bus




Firewire High performance serial bus




Computers are ____ state systems On/off- data is "1" or "0"

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ASCII stands for... American Standard Code for Information Interchange




What is the ASCII most microcomputers use its coding scheme to represent bytes




PSU Power Supply Unit




What does a PSU do? converts 100-120 (AJ) or 220-240 (AEA) volts of AC to DC




What is primary storage in the system unit? RAM




Primary Storage What user is currently working on




Simple Primary Storage Analogy Paper on a desk




Secondary Storage The location where they are stored after processing

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