Computer Systems
Physical components that make up a computer system
What is hardware?
Essentially the process the CPU follows to carry out instructions
What is the Fetch Decode Execute Cycle?
Used as Main Memory in the computer
What is RAM?
Covers a small geographical area on a single site
What is a LAN?
Investigations to find the cause of an attack on a network
What is network forensics?
A computer system built into another device
What is an embedded system?
Holds the memory address about to be used by the CPU
What is the memory address register?
Can only be read and is non-volatile
What is ROM?
Amount of data that can be transferred in a given time
What is bandwidth?
The law that covers unauthorised modification of computer material
What is the computer misuse act?
A computer designed to perform many tasks
What is a general purpose system?
Executes instructions in the CPU and follows the fetch- decode- execute cycle.
What is the control unit?
Each one of these in the CPU can process data independently
What is a core?
Directs packets of data on the Internet to their destination
What is a router?
What is creative commons?
Take data - process data and output data
What is the purpose of a computer system?
Carries out arithmetic operations in the CPU
What is the ALU?
Number of instructions a single processor core can carry out per second
What is clock speed?
A network with central file storage on a server rather than individual devices
Cracking passwords through trial and error
What is a brute force attack?
Monitors and controls machinery to achieve the desired result
What is a control system?
Super fast memory that store tiny amounts of data that the CPU can access quickly
What are registers?
Specialised circuit for processing graphics and images
What is a GPU?
A network where each device is connected directly or indirectly to every other device
What is a mesh network?
A way of gaining illegal access to networks by influencing people
What is social engineering?