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| The software tools that enable a user to interact with a computer for specific purposes are known as: |
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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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| A computer small enough to fit into a shirt pocket or purse is a: |
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| the relatively high price and upgrade difficulties. |
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| A negative aspect of a laptop computer is: |
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| personal digital assistant. |
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| A handheld computer known as a PDA stands for: |
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| establish connection between the handheld device and a computer. |
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| In regard to a handheld device, a docking cradle allows a user to: |
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| The invention of the ________ has had the greatest impact on computers. |
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| What invention, developed in 1948, replaced vacuum tubes? |
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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 communication process between a mainframe and several users simultaneously is known as: |
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| Special-purpose computers use silicon chips that have the program etched into them. This hybrid of hardware and software is called: |
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| When a user has access to a high-end desktop computer with a large amount of processing power, he or she is using a: |
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| Users post ________ on the Flickr Web site. |
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| The name of the rule or law that predicted the power of silicon chips (the CPU) would double about every 18 months is: |
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| What is a computer that provides software and other resources to computers over a network? |
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| The Internet is text only; the WWW incorporates multimedia. |
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| How are the World Wide Web (WWW) and the Internet different? |
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| This experimental network developed by the U.S. government, scientists and others eventually became the Internet? |
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| A pointing device used as a peripheral to move around the screen to point and click at objects is called a: |
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| When two processors are employed in a computer, it is known as: |
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| The word size of a typical PCs CPU is: |
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| The smallest unit of information a computer can understand and process is known as a: |
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| A byte can represent any number between 0 and: |
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| Expansion cards are inserted into: |
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| Popular CPU families including Celeron, Centrino, and Xeon belongs to which family : |
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| The ________, by Intel, is a 64-bit processor. |
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| Approximately 1,000 megabytes is a: |
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| Storage devices include all of the following EXCEPT: |
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| In ASCII, ________ characters can be created. |
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| 1,024 bytes of data is a: |
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| not held permanently, only temporarily. |
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| Information stored in RAM is considered volatile, which means it is: |
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| By putting multiple CPUs on a single chip, chip makers have created: |
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| The part of the CPU that instructs the bus unit to read instructions stored at a certain memory address is known as the: |
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| The input, output, and storage devices are known as: |
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| The ________ is the most common input device. |
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| ________ allow(s) drives to be built into a computer system. |
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| picture element or dot on a screen. |
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| Where is a printer attached? |
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| The display is also called a: |
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| can print multipart forms. |
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| An advantage that impact printers have over nonimpact printers is that impact printers: |
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| A ________ is used to read handwritten or printed text to make a digital image that is stored in memory. |
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| ________ is a high-speed connection developed by Apple. |
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| having a modem and/or network connection to communicate with other computers. |
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| Connectivity for a new computer means: |
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| Input and output secondary storage devices include all of the following EXCEPT: |
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| Most of the new laptop computers do not come with: |
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| Zip disks can hold up to ________ of information. |
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| In a laser printer, what creates electrical charges on the drum that then attracts ink to those areas? |
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| In comparison to a traditional mouse, a newer type of mouse uses ________ to detect movement. |
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| The display size of a monitor is measured: |
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| An internal modem is attached to a(n): |
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| Speech recognition software |
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| ________ can interpret voice data into words that can be understood by the computer. |
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| A ________ uses pressure as a user presses it with a stylus to send signals. |
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