History
Computers
Classifying Computers
System Components
Data Recognition
100
Computers in the early 70s were no more powerful than today's what?
i-phone
100
________ consists of instructions or programs for controlling the computer.
Software
100
Which type of computers are today's most widely used personal computers?
Desktop and notebook
100
A ____________ is simply a thin plate or board that contains electronic components.
Circuit board
100
A _____________ is a single character.
byte
200
The first computers were developed when?
the late 1940s and early 1950s
200
What is the actual machine—wires, transistors, and circuits called?
Hardware
200
What type of computer could be found in a digital watch?
Embedded computer
200
Which system component is consider the brains of the computer?
CPU
200
_____________ refers to the machine language which is all 1s and 0s.
Binary
300
Who developed the microprocessor?
Dr. Ted Hoff
300
text, numbers, sound, images, or video is called what?
Data
300
A(n) _____________ is the fastest type of computer.
Supercomputer
300
The ___________ is a circuit board that contains many integral components of the computer system.
Motherboard
300
Which measurement is approximately 1 million bytes?
Megabyte
400
When the computer was first invented who were the only people that could afford them?
Major Companies and the Government
400
Input, output, and processing devices grouped together represent a(n) _________.
computer system
400
__________ is used by small to medium-sized companies and can support a few users or hundreds of users.
Server
400
Name the 2 primary sections of the CPU
arithmetic/logic unit and the control unit
400
Which measurement is approximately one billion bytes?
Gigabyte
500
What year was the first Apple Computer built?
1976
500
Peripheral devices such as printers and monitors are considered to be __________.
hardware
500
_________ is a personal computer the user can take notes with using a stylus or digital pen on a touch screen.
Tablet PC
500
A single chip that contains two separate processors.
dual-core processor
500
Which measurement is approximately one thousand bytes?
Kilobyte
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