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CIS 105 Final Exam 3 2023/ 39 Questions andAnswers/ verified.
Define Computer - -Multi-purpose tool
Versatile
-What does an operating system do? - -Manages a computer system
Starts the computer (ROM BIOS chip)
Manages RAM
Provides support to Applications
The OS handles common routines such as
Saving Files to secondary storage
Printing
Manages the Hard Drive (Secondary Storage)
-Name 3 operating systems? - -Windows
Mac OS
Linux
-How big is a bit and byte? - -Bit=1 Byte=8 Bits
-What is Graphical User Interface? - -A GUI uses a mouse and icons
Users launch programs and do other tasks by pointing and clicking and dragging
-What happens when you first turn a computer on? What instructions does it execute? -
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-Data Transmission Speed is measured in? - -Bps
-MS Windows, what is it? - -
, -Parts of a URL (Web Address) - -
-What is primary Storage? - -•Most important example is: RAM (Random Access
Memory)
•Temporary-requires constant electricity to hold data and programs
Smaller
Faster
-What is LAN - -Local Area Network
-What is Secondary Storage? - -Most important example is a computer's Hard Drive
More permanent-does not require electricity to hold data and programs
Bigger
Slower
-What is NOS? - -Network Operating System
-Characteristics of a client/server LAN - -Larger than a P2P -can connect hundreds of
computers
Will always have one or more centralized Servers
Serversare high-end machines with one or more high capacity, fast hard drives -files can
be access and saved quickly.
Client computers do not share files with other clients
Client computers can access shared files that are on a server
A Client/Server LAN requires aNetwork Operating System (NOS).
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