Intro to computers 2
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- A collection of devices functioning together as a system is a ?
- computer
- Instructions for a computer
- computer program or software
- 1,000,000 memory locations is equal to one?
- megabyte
- A dvd rom can store up to ?
- 17GB
- Excel, Word or database are examples of what kind of software
- application
- An LCD monitor is also called a
- flat panel monitor
- The term c2c refers to
- consumer selling to a consumer
- What are the four basic computer operations or information processing cycle?
- input, processing, output, storage
- What is considered primary memory
- RAM
- A keyboard, mouse or scanner would be considered what type of device
- input device
- CD-RW stands for
- Compact disc-rewritable
- A_______is a collection of web pages
- web site
- Letters, numbers, raw facts and figures are called
- data
- Data that is organized is called
- information
- This is a set of instructions that tells the computer what to do
- program
- What does CPU stand for
- central processing unit
- What is RAM
- random access memory
- The process of writing addresses on tracts and sectors that allows for storage of info/data or prepares the diskette to receive info/data
- Formatting
- Concentric circles made up of arcs called sectors
- track
- These are the small arcs that are next to each other and make up a track
- sector
- Write to the _____then the ______
- sector, track
- The time it takes to access and retrieve data
- Access time
- one billion bytes are a ___
- gigabyte
- What is a LAN
- local area network
- This is the basis on which everything else works, it coordinates various hardwares
- system software
- This is a very important part of the system software, it tells the computer what to do
- operating system
- What is GUI
- graphical user interface that provides visual cues like icons
- a set of programs that tell a computer how to produce information and do specific things. Word processing, database, spreadsheets
- application software
- ____software allows the user to enter, retrieve, and update data in an organized efficient manner
- database
- A _____ is a related collection of web pages
- web site
- THis is a program that allows you to create documents, letter, posters
- word processor
- Performs mathematical functions and produces useful info
- spreadsheet
- Stores data and formulas, ability to label rows/columns, compute are advantages of what
- a spreadsheet