Summary Handbook Statistics Final Exam (CIS) 2023

Bit - -The smallest unit of data that a binary computer can recognize. -Coding System - -ASCII, EBCDIC, and Unicode are examples of ____. -Moore's Law - -_____ States that the number of transistors per square inch on an integrated circuit will double every 2 years. -Flash Memory - -____ Consists of nonvolatile memory chips that can be used for storage by the computer or user. -Pipelining - -____ is a technique that allows a CPU to work on more than one instruction (or stage of processing) at a time, thereby boosting CPU performance. -Megahertz/Gigahertz - -One measurement of the processing speed of a CPU is the CPU clock speed, which is typically rated in ____. -Bus - -Data travels around a motherboard on a ____. -Control Unit/ALU/Registers - -____ is part of the central processing unit. -System Clock - -___ is the metronome, or drummer, of your computer. All of the CPU's activities occur in time with its beat. -Volatile - -Registers, cache, and RAM are ____. Any data they are storing is lost if the system loses it power. -Storage Medium/Storage Device - -A storage system consists of _____. -Solid-state Drives (SSDs) - -Hard drives that use flash memory technology instead of magnetic technology to store data.