Identify resources
Includes the physical parts of a computer, such as processor, monitor, mouse, keyboard, computer data storage, graphics card, sound card, speakers and motherboard.
What is hardware?
It is the main memory where all data, instructions and programs currently being processed are stored.
What is RAM?
It's made of all semiconductors which makes it the fastest type of RAM. It uses less power than other types of rams.
What is a static ram/SRAM?
A unit of frequency. Clock speed is measured in this unit.
What is Gigahertz?
It represents how many cycles per second it can execute.
What is clock speed?
A set of instructions that can be stored and run by hardware.
What is software?
It is a type of primary memory that holds its content permanently.
What is ROM?
This type of ram requires to be charged constantly because it is made of capacitors and capacitors leak.
What is a dynamic ram/DRAM?
Modern processors have multiple of them, therefore, multiple tasks are executed at the same time.
What is multiple cores?
An Intel technology, divides a physical core of a CPU into two logical cores, executing an additional, concurrent set of instructions to increase performance.
What is hyper-threading?
A system in which multiple computers are connected to each other to share information and resources.
What is a network?
This is the type of primary memory you find in the CPU.
What is Cache?
A small high-speed memory in the CPU that holds most frequently used instructions which makes the CPU run faster.
What is Cache?
A feature of a processor. A multiple-core processor can execute multiple threads concurrently.
What is multi-threading?
This is the number of bits a CPU can process simultaneously. A typical computer system has .... between 32 or 64 bits.
What is word length?
Any external device that provides input and output for the computer
What is peripheral?
Computer memory that is accessed directly by the CPU. It includes several types of memory, such as the processor cache, RAM and system ROM.
What is primary memory?
A type of DRAM that synchronizes with the CPU’s clock cycles, so the memory controller knows exactly when requested data will be ready to access. This cuts access time and improves memory performance.
What is SDRAM?
It is the "brain" of a CPU. It receives instructions and performs calculations, or operations, to satisfy those instructions. Early computers had only one of them but recent processors have multiple. Each ... executes one task at a time.
What is a core?
It determines the maximum amount of addressable locations.
What is the address bus width?
One of the 5 components of a computer system. It is a group of people who install the systems, do the periodic maintenance and support the other users.
What is Human Resources?
It is the memory where programs and data are kept on a long-term basis.
What is Secondary Memory?
It is the latest generation of synchronous dynamic ram. Its speed is increased and consumes less power compared to its predecessors.
What is DDR?
A segment of a process.
What is a thread?
It is a controller chip that controls the data transfers between a device and the memory without needing a CPU.
What is DMA (Direct Memory Access) controller?