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BTE 210: Exam 1/study guide/questions and answers/correct/verified 100% BTE 210: Exam 1/study guide/questions and answers/correct/verified 100% Computer's Hardware - correct answers-The physical equipment used for the input, processing, output, and storage activities of a computer system Central Processing Unit (CPU) - correct answers-manipulates the data and controls the tasks performed by the other components Primary Storage - correct answers-temporarily stores data and program instructions during processing Secondary Storage - correct answers-stores data and programs for future use Input Technologies - correct answers-Accept data and instructions and convert them to a form that the computer can understand Output technologies - correct answers-present data and information in a form people can understand Communication technologies - correct answers-provide the flow of data from external computer networks (Internet) to the CPU, and from the CPU to computer networks Types of Servers - correct answers-Supercomputers, mainframe computers Supercomputers - correct answers-the fastest computers available at any time. Who uses supercomputers? - correct answers-Due to the high cost they are generally used by large organizations (military, scientific research) to execute computationally demanding tasks involving large data Mainframe Computers - correct answers-computers at the high end of the performance and reliability scales and can handle millions of transactions per day Types of Clients - correct answers-microcomputers (desktop PCs), laptops, tablets, wearable clients Microcomputers - correct answers-the smallest and least expensive category of general-purpose computers Laptops - correct answers-small, easily transportable, lightweight microcomputers Tablets - correct answers-a complete computer contained entirely in a flat touchscreen Wearable clients - correct answers-apple watch Types of Primary Memory (main memory) - correct answers-register memory, cache memory, random access memory (RAM), read only memory (ROM) Cache Memory - correct answers-Primary memory- High speed memory that enables the computer to temporarily store blocks of data that are used more frequently Register Memory - correct answers-Primary Memory- part of the CPU. Has the least capacity and stores data only immediately before and after processing. located closer to CPU than the RAM Random Access Memory (RAM) - correct answers-Primary memory- holds a software program and small amounts of data for processing Read only Memory (ROM) - correct answers-Primary Memory- type of chip where certain critical instructions are held and retains these instructions even when the computer is off Types of Secondary Storage - correct answers-Magnetic tape, magnetic discs, solid state drives (SSD), Optical storage devices, Flash memory (memory cards) Magnetic tape - correct answers-secondary storage- on a large open reel or in a smaller cartridge or cassette Magnetic Discs - correct answers-secondary storage- most widely used Solid state drives (SSD) - correct answers-secondary storage- serve the same purpose as a hard drive and store data in memory chips, but do not have moving parts Optical storage devices - correct answers-secondary storage- laser reads the surface of a reflective plastic platter Flash Memory (memory cards) - correct answers-nonvolatile electronic storage devices with no moving parts and use 30x less battery power than hard drives Advantages of flash memory - corre

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