CSCI 1301 EXAM 1-UGA WITH
100% APPROVED SOLUTIONS
2026/2027 STUDY SET
HARDWARE
THE PHYSICAL COMPONENTS OF A COMPUTER.
SOFTWARE
WRITTEN PROGRAMS OR PROCEDURES OR RULES AND ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTATION
PERTAINING TO THE OPERATION OF A COMPUTER SYSTEM AND THAT ARE STORED IN
READ/WRITE MEMORY
MAIN MEMORY
HOLDS CURRENT MEMORY, VOLATILE (GOES AWAY)
AUXILIARY MEMORY
EXISTS ONCE THE COMPUTER TURNS OFF (HARD DRIVE)
INPUT
KEYBOARD, MOUSE, ETC.
OUTPUT
MONITOR, PRINTER, ETC.
RAM
, RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY - IS THE MAIN MEMORY, AND THE HARD DRIVE IS THE PRINCIPAL
CPU
(CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT) THE KEY COMPONENT OF A COMPUTER SYSTEM, WHICH
CONTAINS THE CIRCUITRY NECESSARY TO INTERPRET AND EXECUTE PROGRAM INSTRUCTIONS
1 BIT
SMALLEST UNIT
4 BITS
NIBBLE
8 BITS
1 BYTE
1,000 BYTES
1 KB
1 MILLION BYTES (1,000 KILOBYTES)
1 MB
1 BILLION BYTES (1,000 MEGABYTES)
1 GB
BYTES IN LARGER UNITS ARE ____
FILES
FILES ARE ORGANIZED INTO ____
100% APPROVED SOLUTIONS
2026/2027 STUDY SET
HARDWARE
THE PHYSICAL COMPONENTS OF A COMPUTER.
SOFTWARE
WRITTEN PROGRAMS OR PROCEDURES OR RULES AND ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTATION
PERTAINING TO THE OPERATION OF A COMPUTER SYSTEM AND THAT ARE STORED IN
READ/WRITE MEMORY
MAIN MEMORY
HOLDS CURRENT MEMORY, VOLATILE (GOES AWAY)
AUXILIARY MEMORY
EXISTS ONCE THE COMPUTER TURNS OFF (HARD DRIVE)
INPUT
KEYBOARD, MOUSE, ETC.
OUTPUT
MONITOR, PRINTER, ETC.
RAM
, RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY - IS THE MAIN MEMORY, AND THE HARD DRIVE IS THE PRINCIPAL
CPU
(CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT) THE KEY COMPONENT OF A COMPUTER SYSTEM, WHICH
CONTAINS THE CIRCUITRY NECESSARY TO INTERPRET AND EXECUTE PROGRAM INSTRUCTIONS
1 BIT
SMALLEST UNIT
4 BITS
NIBBLE
8 BITS
1 BYTE
1,000 BYTES
1 KB
1 MILLION BYTES (1,000 KILOBYTES)
1 MB
1 BILLION BYTES (1,000 MEGABYTES)
1 GB
BYTES IN LARGER UNITS ARE ____
FILES
FILES ARE ORGANIZED INTO ____
