Classifications of Computers
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Input Device
Output Device
Storage
100
Computers are classified by this characteristic.
What is Power or Size
100
The CPU is comparable to this human organ.
What is the brain
100
A keyboard is a what type of a device.
What is input
100
This device delivers results of computer processing.
What is output device
100
A rewritable memory chip that holds content without power
What is Flash Memory
200
These are computers used specifically for complex mathmatical equations.
What are supercomputers
200
ALU is an acronym for this.
What is Arithmetic Logic Unit
200
A trackpad is controlled by what
What is a movin finger
200
These mass dots that make up a computer monitor.
What are pixels
200
The type of storage access where the data is organized one after the other
What is Sequential Storage
300
This is when there are multiple computers running at the same time.
Parellel processing
300
The difference between voltage with a 0 and a 1
What is 0 indicated no voltage, 1 indicates voltage on.
300
The acronym for MIC stands for what.
What is magnetic-ink character recognition
300
This acronym is for LCD
What is liquid crystal display
300
The storage type that has the lowest cost (bytes per dollar)
What is Magnetic Tape
400
These are types of computers used in banks, insurance companies, and universities.
What is mainframe computers
400
These are the 4 steps in order for every cycle.
What is fetch, decode, execute, and store
400
This is where barcodes are found
What is products or packages
400
These type of printers strike tiny pins of ink ribbon against paper.
What are Dot-matrix printers
400
These are the two basic categories of optical discs
What are Compact Discs (CDs) and Digital Video Discs (DVDs)-
500
This is the amount of time in years that it takes a microcomputer to double in power.
What is 2 years
500
These are the two factors that should be considered with buying a computer
What is Processing Speed and Memory Capability
500
This is the process of translating human speech into computer-readable data and instructions
What is Speech Recognition
500
Popular output devices include these characteristics.
What is Monitors Printers Speakers
500
This is also known as DAS
What is Direct Access Storage
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