Exam (elaborations) ITE 272

____ has been the primary basis for CPU speed and clock rate improvement since the first electrical computer. - ANSMiniaturization ____ is a character-coding method developed by IBM in the 1960s and used in all IBM mainframes well into the 2000s. - ANSEBCDIC ____ physics describes the behavior of matter at a subatomic level. - ANSQuantum _________ are semiconductor devices used to implement primary storage. They don't provide permanent storage because _________ contents are erased when the system power is turned off - ANSRAM A ____ consists of hardware and software components that enable users and computer systems to share information, software, and hardware resources. - ANScomputer network A ____ data format combines two adjacent fixed-length data items to hold a single value. - ANSdouble-precision A ____ is a circuit board that contains most of a server. - ANSblade A ____ is a computer system designed to meet a single user's information-processing needs. - ANSmicrocomputer A ____ is a group of similar or identical computers, connected by a high-speed network, that cooperate to provide services or run a single application. - ANScluster A ____ is designed for one purpose—rapid mathematical computation. - ANSsupercomputer A ____ performs specific tasks that can be counted or measured. - ANSbenchmark program A sequence of records on secondary storage is called a ____. - ANSfile A(n) ____ is an ordered list in which each element can be referenced by an index to its position. - ANSarray An ____ is a template that specifies the number of operands and the position and length of the op code and operands. - ANSinstruction format An __________ is a sequence of primitive data elements stored in sequential storage locations. - ANSarray An ____________ is a command to the CPU to perform one processing function on one or more data inputs. - ANSinstruction An ____________ is the most common type of system software. - ANSOperating System