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IC3 Computer Fundamentals – Hard Drive and Storage Concepts Q&A – Verified Glossary and System Definitions

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This document offers a comprehensive glossary and verified answer set for IC3 Computer Fundamentals, with a focus on hard drive and storage technologies. Covered topics include storage types (HDD, SSD, RAM, ROM), binary systems, ASCII, CPU functions, input/output/peripheral devices, BIOS, fragmentation, media formats (optical, magnetic), software licensing, malware, and memory units. Also includes essential computing functions like troubleshooting, data processing, and operating system basics.

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IC3 Computer Hard drive questions with verified
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1. Types of computers include _____, _____, _____ and _____.
Ans✓✓✓ personal computers or workstations, midrange computers or
servers, mainframe computers and supercomputers.


13. Troubleshooting is a _____ search for the _____ of a problem so that
it can be solved, and so the product or process can be made operational
again. Troubleshooting requires _____ of the malfunction(s) or
symptoms within a system. Then, _____ is commonly used to generate
_____ of the symptoms. Determining the most likely cause is _____.
Finally, troubleshooting requires _____ that the solution restores the
product or process to its working state. Ans✓✓✓ logical, systematic ,
source , identification , experience , possible causes , a process of
elimination - eliminating potential causes of a problem., confirmation


ASCII Ans✓✓✓ A character-encoding scheme originally based on the
English alphabet that encodes 128 specified characters - the numbers 0-
9, the letters a-z and A-Z, some basic punctuation symbols, some control
codes that originated with Teletype machines, and a blank space - into
binary integers, and used to represent text in computers and
communications equipment


Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) Ans✓✓✓ A de facto standard
defining a firmware interface for personal computers, and the first
software run by a PC when powered on

, Binary codes are used to encode data, such as _____, into _____, and
may be displayed in _____, _____ or _____ notation. Ans✓✓✓
character strings, bit strings, octal, decimal or hexadecimal notation.


binary Ans✓✓✓ The base-2 numeral system, which represents numeric
values using the symbols 0 and 1


central processing unit (CPU) Ans✓✓✓ The hardware within a
computer that carries out the instructions of a computer program by
performing the basic arithmetical, logical, and input/output operations of
the system.


computer hardware Ans✓✓✓ The physical parts or components of a
computer, including the monitor, keyboard, hard drive disk, mouse,
printers, graphic cards, sound cards, memory, motherboard and chips,
etc


Computers require regular monthly or quarterly maintenance. This
includes _____, _____, and _____. Ans✓✓✓ computer cleaning, dust
removal, and disk maintenance.


Data processing includes _____, _____, _____, _____, _____, and
_____. Ans✓✓✓ validation, sorting, summarization, aggregation,
analysis, and reporting.


Data processing is _____. Ans✓✓✓ the collection and manipulation of
items of data to produce meaningful information.

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