Lecture 4 Ch3

Question 0

What is hardware that gives users the ability to enter data and instructions into the computer’s random access memory (RAM)

Answer 0

Input device

Question 1

What is data or instructions entered into computer

Answer 1

Input

Question 2

What are some input device

Answer 2

Keyboard and enhanced keyboards

Question 3

What is a grid of circuits located under the keys calls

Answer 3

Key matrix

Question 4

What is a chart that tells the processor what key has been pressed

Answer 4

Character Map

Question 5

What is linking for Veridical line,underscore, or highlighted box

Answer 5

Insertion point

Question 6

What is connected to the computer through infrared (IR), radio frequency (RF), or Bluetooth connection

Answer 6

Wireless keyboards

Question 7

What controls and on-screen pointers movements

Answer 7

Pointing device

Question 8

What is an on-screen symbol that signifies the command, input or possible response

Answer 8

Pointer

Question 9

What enables users to see, hear or feel the end result of processing operations

Answer 9

Output devices

Question 10

What are some output devices

Answer 10

Monitors and printer

Question 11

What displays a temporary copy (soft copy) Of processed data

Answer 11

Monitors

Question 12

What kind of monitors are there

Answer 12

Cathode–Ray tube (CRT). Liquid crystal display (LCD). Passive – matrix (also known as dual scans). Active – matrix (also known as the – film transfer[TFT] technology)

Question 13

What is the processes of saving software and data

Answer 13

Storage

Question 14

What is the primary memory

Answer 14

Ram

Question 15

What was required during the computer system set up operation

Answer 15

Storage devices

Question 16

What is the most important storage device

Answer 16

Hard disk drive(hard drive)-Considered secondary storage

Question 17

What are rapidly rotating disks on which programs, data, and process results are stored

Answer 17

Platters

Question 18

What has can edit bands on which data is recorded

Answer 18

Trackers

Question 19

What are damaged portions of the disc that cannot reliably hold data

Answer 19

Bad sectors

Question 20

What determines how quickly the read/write head can get into position to transfer data

Answer 20

Positioning Performance

Question 21

What determines how quickly the transfer is made from the disk to storage

Answer 21

Transfer performance

Question 22

What permits retrieval of storage of data by any computer connected to the network

Answer 22

Network attached storage (NAS)

Question 23

What is storage on a server that is available through the Internet

Answer 23

Remote storage (Internet hard drive)

Question 24

CD drives and DVD drives his laserbeam to store data through two things

Answer 24

Pits, the indentations, a binary zero. Lands, the flat reflective areas, a binary one.