AAC ✔️Ans - (Advanced Audio Coding )
A file format that provides highly compressed audio files with very little loss
of sound quality and is promoted by Apple on its iTunes Web site.
ALU ✔️Ans - (Arithmetic Logic Unit)
The part of the CPU that performs arithmetic and logical operations on the
numbers stored in its registers.
ARPANET ✔️Ans - (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) One of
the first packet switching computer networks using TCP/IP, and the prototype
for the Internet.
ASCII ✔️Ans - (American Standard Code for Information Interchange)
A code that represents characters as a series of 1s and 0s. Most computers use
ASCII code to represent text, making it possible to transfer data between
computers.
Bandwidth ✔️Ans - The data transmission capacity of a communications
channel. Digital signals are measured in bits per second; analog signals in
hertz.
Binary ✔️Ans - The representation of data using two states, such as off-on
or 1-0.
BMP ✔️Ans - (File Extension .bmp)
The native bitmap graphics file format of Microsoft Windows.
BN ✔️Ans - (Backbone Network)
high-speed network that connects many networks.
Broadband ✔️Ans - A term used to refer to communications channels that
have bandwidth that equals or exceeds 25 Mbps.
CISC ✔️Ans - (Complex Instruction Set Computer)
A general-purpose microprocessor chip designed to handle a wider array of
instructions than a RISC chip.
, Compression Types ✔️Ans -
Core ✔️Ans - A core is part of a CPU that receives instructions and performs
calculations, or actions, based on those instructions. A set of instructions can
allow a software program perform a specific function. Processors can have a
single core or multiple cores.
CPU ✔️Ans - (Central Processing Unit)
The main processing circuitry, or "chip," within a computer that contains the
ALU, control unit, and registers.
Data Bus ✔️Ans - An electronic pathway or circuit that connects electronic
components (such as the processor and RAM) on a computer's system board.
Device Driver ✔️Ans - A type of system software that provides the
computer with the means to control a peripheral device.
DNS Spoofing ✔️Ans - (Domain Name System)
A malicious attack on the domain name system in which the IP address
corresponding to a Web site is changed in order to redirect users to different
locations.
Dynamic Address ✔️Ans - Temporarily assigned IP addresses usually
provided by an ISP.
Form Factor ✔️Ans - The configuration of a computer's system unit;
examples include tower, mini-tower, and cube.
GIF ✔️Ans - (Graphics Interchange Format)
A bitmap graphics file format, popularized by CompuServe, for use on the
Web.
Handshake ✔️Ans - A process where a protocol helps two network devices
communicate.
IPv4 ✔️Ans - (Internet Protocol version 4)
Internet addresses that are 32-bit IP addresses.
(Base 10)
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