Processing and Storage Flashcards
What is processing?
This is where data is translated into information using the processing unit.
What is the processing unit made up of?
CPU and Main Memory
What is the tower/system unit?
This is where the CPU and all the ports are located.
What is the machine cycle?
It describes what the CPU does.
What does the machine cycle consist of?
1-Fetching
2-Decoding
3-Executing
4-Storing
What is storage?
It is the saving of data temporarily or permanently on a range of storage media.
What is primary storage?
It is a group of chips that resides in the motherboard of the computer.
eg: ROM and RAM
What is secondary storage?
This is the storing of information for repeated or future use.
What is the central processing unit (CPU)?
This is a small chip on the motherboard, where all the data entered into the computer is processed.
What are the components of a CPU?
-The Arithmetic and Logic Unit
-The Control Unit
What is the arithmetic and logic unit?
This performs data manipulation, including mathematical and logical operations.
What is the control unit?
It is the boss of the computer that directs the operations in the processor, controls communication and reads and interprets instructions and determines the sequence for processing the data.
What are the units of storage?
Bit
Byte
Word
Kilobytes
Megabytes
Gigabytes
Terabytes
Yotabytes
What is a binary system?
It is a number system that has just two unique digits 0 and 1, called bits
What is a bit?
It is the smallest unit of data the computer can process.
