Software
Stores running programs and other types of data on computers.
What is memory?
The name given to a basic binary unit. 8 of these units make up a byte.
What is a bit?
Basic operations that are needed for the function of a computer but not built directly into the hardware.
What is an Operating System?
A programable electronic devise that can store, retrieve, and process data.
What is a computer?
Part of the computer that holds the Memory, CPU, Graphics Processor, and CPU Cooler. It also connects to computer storage.
What is the Motherboard?
Performs the math on a computer.
What is the Arithmetic/Logic Unit (ALU)?
The two values that make up the binary system.
What are 0 and 1?
Doing more than 1 thing in a single program.
What is Multithreading?
The very first type of computer.
What is a calculator?
The amount of data that your computer can store away.
What is Storage Capacity?
A five step process that summarizes how computers run.
What is the Fetch/Execute cycle?
A sequence of numbers used to simplify sequences of bits. This uses all ten number characters along with the letters a-f.
What is Hexidecimal?
The most widespread of all Operating Systems.
What is Windows 10?
The observation that the number of transistors on integrated circuits doubles approximately every two years
What is Moore's Law?
This is the main high speed memory that holds data and instructions. It is one of the many components of a computer that some enthusiasts love to have RGB/ARGB lights on.
What is RAM (Random Access Memory)?
A computer can only perform about 100 different kinds of these.
What are instructions?
Taking measurements at regular intervals when digitizing sound.
What is Sampling?
When more than 1 CPU is running at 1 time.
What is Multiprocessing?
This was the very first programming language. (It was not actually implemented though, so the first high-level code is acceptable).
What is "Plankalkül"?
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What is "Short Code"?
This type of memory is built on the processor. It is much smaller than RAM and storage, but is considerably faster than either of those.
What is cache?
The language that computers read to carry out instructions.
What is Binary?
Changing a representation to use fewer bits to store information. There is a lossy and a lossless version of this process.
What is Compression?
A user interface that uses icons and a mouse.
What is a Graphical User Interface (GUI)?
Circuits that carry data from one area to another.
What are Busses?