Additional Notes Flashcards

1
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Produce an electronic version of an output.

A

Softcopy Output Devices

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2
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Used to display video and graphics information generated by the computer through the video card

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Monitors

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3
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Thin, flat electronic visual displays that use the light modulating properties of liquid crystals

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LCD Monitor

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4
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Thin and flat monitors widely used in televisions

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Plasma Monitor

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5
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Produce a physical form of output.

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Hard Copy Output Devices

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6
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A device that takes text and graphics information obtained from a computer and prints it on a paper

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Printers

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7
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The print head has several tiny nozzles, also called jets.

A

Inkjet printers

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8
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A volatile storage area that is used to store data temporarily, so that it can be promptly accessed by the processor

A

Random Access Memory (RAM)

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9
Q

Extremely high capacity optical disk with storage capacity

A

DVD-ROM

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10
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Data storage device that can automatically load and unload optical disks

A

CD-ROM Jukebox

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11
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A computer memory that provides quick access to the data currently being used for processing

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Registers

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12
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Stores the address of the data or instruction to be fetched from the main memory

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MAR

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13
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Stores the data or instruction fetched from the memory

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MBR

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14
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Stores the instructions currently being executed

A

IR

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15
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Used to transfer data or instructions to or from an I/O device

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I/O register

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16
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Stores the address of the next instruction to be executed

17
Q

To execute an instruction, a processor follows a set of basic operations

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Instruction cycle

18
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Retrieving an instruction or data from memory

19
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Interpreting the instruction

20
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Running the corresponding commands to process data

21
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Writing the results of processing into memory

22
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Provides functions for transferring data between the execution unit of the CPU and other components of the computer system that lie outside the CPU

A

Bus Interface

23
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Set of commands that instructs the processor to perform specific tasks

A

Instruction set

24
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Controls the timing of all operations within the computer

A

System clock

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Is a technique with which the processor can fetch the second instruction before completing the execution of the first instruction
Pipelining
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Processors that can execute more than one instruction per clock cycle
Superscalar processors
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Multiple processors can be used simultaneously to execute a single program or task
Parallel processing
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Hardware bear more responsibility than the software so that the software can be simple and easy
CISC Computers
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Utilizes a small but highly optimized set of instructions
RISC Computers