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What is a program? - correct answers a set of instructions that a computer follows to perform a task
what is hardware - correct answers the physical devices or components that a computer is made of
list five major components of a computer system - correct answers central processing unit(CPU)
main memory
secondary storage devices
input devices
output devices
what is a cpu - correct answers the part of a computer that actually runs programs
what is main memory - correct answers the part of the computer that serves as a work area to store a
program and its data while running the program
what is secondary storage - correct answers part of the computer holding data for long periods of time, even
when the computer has no power
what is an input device - correct answers part of computer that collects data from people and other devices
what is an output device - correct answers part of computer that formats and presents data for people and
other devices
what is an operating system - correct answers the fundamental set of programs that control the internal
operations of the computer hardware
, what is utility software - correct answers a program that performs a specialized task, such as a virus, scanner,
file compression program or a data back up program
what is application software - correct answers word processing program, spreadsheet program, email, web
browsers, game programs
1 byte - correct answers amount of memory enough to store a letter of the alphabet or a small number
what is a bit - correct answers tiny "switch" that can be set to either on or off
what is binary code - correct answers the numbering system that all numeric values are written in sequences
of 1's and 0's
what is the purpose of ASCll - correct answers encoding scheme that uses a set of 128 numeric codes to
represent the english letters, various punctuation marks, and other characters. these codes are used to store
characters in computers memory
what does ASCII stand for? - correct answers american standard code for information interchange
what is a unicode - correct answers the encoding scheme that is extensive enough to represent all the
characters of many languages in the world
what is digital data - correct answers data that is stored in binary
digital device - correct answers any device that can store data with binary
what is machine language - correct answers CPU understands instructions written only in this language
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