Computing and Information Technology DSST Questions and Correct Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded

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Computing and Information Technology
DSST Questions and Correct Answers/
Latest Update / Already Graded
hardware

Ans: anything that makes up the computer like the monitor,
etc.


software

Ans: any program that runs on the computer


CISC

Ans: Complex Instruction Set Computer


ALU

Ans: Arithmetic Logic Unit


RAM

Ans: write and read memory


Hard drive
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Ans: stores information


input device

Ans: keyboard, mouse


ROM

Ans: read only memory


Peripheral Device

Ans: scanner, printer


POS

Ans: Point of Sale


output device

Ans: anything that retrieves information from the hard disk
like the printer or moniter


PDA


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Ans: personal digital assistant ex. a palm pilot


bit

Ans: binary digit


byte

Ans: A group of eight bits.


EBCDIC

Ans: Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code


ASCII

Ans: American Standard Code for Information Interchange


JPEG

Ans: image file


TIFF

Ans: Tagged Image File Format, another type of image file

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