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| Computers that once occupied full rooms, but are now approximately the size of a refrigerator, are used by large organizations and known as: |
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| In the late 1940s and 1950s, what invention helped computers become more widely used by businesses, as well as in science and engineering? |
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| What is the technological advancement that made it possible for computers to become as small as they are today? |
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| Applications that are designed to do calculations, such as the expenses of a student or sales of a business, are known as: |
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| Computers have changed the way humans go about their day-to-day lives. Events and ideas radically change the way people work, live, and think. This dramatic change is known as a(n): |
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| the first computers were designed to: |
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| information stored in RAM is considered volatile, which means it is: |
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| the clock of a computer system is the |
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| timing device that produces electrical pulses to synchronizse the computer's operations. |
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| processing information involves |
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| connectivity for a new computer means |
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| having a modern and/or netrwork connections to communicate with other computers |
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| An advantage that impact printers have over nonimpact printers is that impact printers: |
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| can print multipart forms |
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| A ________ is used to create a digital representation of a printed document or photograph. |
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| ________ allow(s) drives to be built into a computer system. |
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| ________ can interpret voice data into words that can be understood by the computer. |
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