Computing and Information Technology DSST Questions and Answers(A+ Solution guide)

hardware - Answer-anything that makes up the computer like the monitor, etc. software - Answer-any program that runs on the computer CISC - Answer-Complex Instruction Set Computer ALU - Answer-Arithmetic Logic Unit RAM - Answer-write and read memory Hard drive - Answer-stores information input device - Answer-keyboard, mouse ROM - Answer-read only memory Peripheral Device - Answer-scanner, printer POS - Answer-Point of Sale output device - Answer-anything that retrieves information from the hard disk like the printer or moniter PDA - Answer-personal digital assistant ex. a palm pilot bit - Answer-binary digit byte - Answer-A group of eight bits.EBCDIC - Answer-Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code ASCII - Answer-American Standard Code for Information Interchange JPEG - Answer-image file TIFF - Answer-Tagged Image File Format, another type of image file MPEG - Answer-Moving Picture Experts Group, digital video files LAN - Answer-Local Area Network