Vocab Test 1- Computer Principles and Funeral Service Application

Question 1

computer programs designed for a specific use and are relatively easy to use without any technical knowledge of programming

Answer 1

Application software

Question 2

ALU- part of the central processing unit where numerical calculations and logical operations are performed

Answer 2

Arithmetic Logic Unit

Question 3

American Standard Code for Info Interchange; commonly used code for representing data

Answer 3

ASCII

Question 4

computers use a program called an assembler to translate the command into its own machine language. keeps track o the symbolic names and assigns appropriate memory locations to them

Answer 4

assembly language

Question 5

duplicate of an original program or data made as a precaution against loss or damage of the original

Answer 5

backup

Question 6

smallest samt of info a comp can store. comp must represent info in the form of bits bc the electronic circuits they are made of can have only two states: on or off

Answer 6

bit

Question 7

space a character, letter or number takes up in the computers memory. made up of a group of 8 bits

Answer 7

Byte

Question 8

CRT; device like a tv screen in which a cathode ray hits a phosphorescent screen for the display of info

Answer 8

Cathode Ray Tube

Question 9

CPU; Unit of a comp system that contains the circuits which control and perform the execution of instruction. Serves to control the functions of the system composed of memory, arithmetic logic unit and control unit

Answer 9

Central Processing Unit

Question 10

compact disk read only memory- disk from which stored data can be read by a laser beam. data cannot be written to a cd-rom

Answer 10

CD-ROM

Question 11

a computer monitor that can display more than 1 active color

Answer 11

color monitor

Question 12

device which manipulates data according to a series of instructions stored in its memory. an electronic device that can accept data, perform instructions on the data and deliver the results of the processed data

Answer 12

computer

Question 13

organization of hardware and software designed to accomplish a data processing function

Answer 13

computer system

Question 14

portion of the central processing unit that directs the sequence of operations, interprets coded instructions and initiates the proper commands to execute instructions

Answer 14

control unit

Question 15

type of software where the user tells the programmer what he/she wants to be able to do and the programmer writes a set of instructions to the specific tasks for the particular user

Answer 15

customized software

Question 16

information that the comp manipulates

Answer 16

Data

Question 17

organized collection of related data

Answer 17

Database

Question 18

process of entering data into a comp system

Answer 18

data input

Question 19

any procedure for receiving info and producing a specific result. rearrangement and refinement of raw data into a form suitable for further use.

Answer 19

data processing