| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Bit | The smallest unit of data |
| Vacuum tubes | The first generation of computers was run with: |
| Silicon chips | Modern day computers use ____ to store information |
| UNIVAC | The _____, developed in 1951 was the first commercially succcessful general-purpose stored-program electronic digital computer. |
| Keyboard, central processing unit, motherboard | Computer hardware includes the: |
| Mouse | The ____ is an example of computer input hardware |
| Central processing unit | The _____ controls data transfer between the main memory and the input and output hardware. |
| DRAM, SRAM, ROM | The active storage of a computer is stored in _____ chips. |
| Archive files | A tape, diskette, hard disk, or optical disk is used to: |
| Bit | The ____ represents zero or one. |
| 2 bytes | In computer language ______ is a "word" |
| Operating | MAC-OS, Windows, and Unix are three different ______ systems. |
| QuickBASIC | ______ is a computer language used to write some applications programs. |
| Bootstrap | A computer first uses its _____ program when it is turned on. |
| FORTRAN | The oldest computer language for writing scientific and mathmatical programs is: |
| COBAL | The _____ programming language was developed for coding business data. |
| ADA | The offical computer language used by the U.S. Department of Defense is ______. |
| Batch-processing | When a computer is _____ it processes data without human input or intervention. |
| Online | Automatic bank tellers are ______ computers systems. |
| Real-time | In computerized medical imaging equipment, such as CT scanners, the computers used ____ processing. |
| Time-sharing | Large research facilities use _____ systems to accommodate many users. |
| Operating system (ex: Windows), Applications (ex: powerpoint) | The two different types of software used on a computer. |
| 32MB=256 million bits, 16 KB=131,072 bits, 8B=64 bits, 64 KB=524,288 bits, 128 MB=1024 million bits | Convert to the following bits (8 bits in a byte) |
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