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BTE 210 Exam 1 Questions And 100% Correct AnswersComputer's Hardware - ANSWER Physical devices used for the input, processing,
output, and storage activities of a computer system
Central Processing Unit (CPU) - ANSWER Handles the data and controls the activities of
the other components
Primary Storage - ANSWER Temporary holding area for data and program instructions
while being processed
Secondary Storage - ANSWER Holds data and programs until the computer needs them
Input Technologies - ANSWER Accept data and instructions and convert them to a form
that the computer can understand
Output technologies - ANSWER present data and information in a form people can
understand
Communication technologies - ANSWER provide the flow of data from external computer
networks - Internet to the CPU, and from the CPU to computer networks
Types of Servers - ANSWER Supercomputers, mainframe computers
Supercomputers - ANSWER the most powerful computers available at any point in time.
Who uses supercomputers? - ANSWER Because of the expense they are typically used
by large organizations, such as military and scientific research to run computationally
intensive operations with enormous data
, Mainframe Computers - ANSWER computers that are at the top of the performance and
reliability scales can process millions of transactions per day
Client Types - ANSWER microcomputers (desktop PCs), laptops, tablets, wearable
clients
Microcomputers - ANSWER smallest and least costly class of general-purpose
computers
Laptops - ANSWER small, easily portable lightweight microcomputers
Tablets - ANSWER a complete computer contained entirely in a flat touch screen
Wearable clients - ANSWER apple watch
Types of Primary Memory (main memory) - ANSWER register memory, cache memory,
random access memory (RAM), read only memory (ROM)
Cache Memory - ANSWER Primary memory- High speed memory that enables the
computer to temporarily store blocks of data that are used more frequently
Register Memory - ANSWER Primary Memory- part of the CPU. Has the least capacity
and stores data only immediately before and after processing. located closer to CPU
than the RAM
Random Access Memory (RAM) - ANSWER Primary memory- holds a software program
and small amounts of data for processing
Read only Memory (ROM) - ANSWER Primary Memory- type of chip where certain critical
instructions are held and retains these instructions even when the computer is off
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