Key Terms
Key Terms
Key Terms/Binary
Key Terms/Binary
Binary
100
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
What is ASCII?
100
Read-only memory; for startup instructions and critical info; no new info can be written to it.
What is ROM?
100
when a computer can run software written for older CPU's
What is backward compatible?
100
Number system; only uses zeroes and ones
What is binary?
100
0
What is binary for 0?
200
central processing unit; the computer's brain
What is CPU?
200
byte
What is a collection of 8 bits?
200
Term used for distinct pieces of information
What is data?
200
Gigabyte(GB)
What is 1 billion bytes?
200
00000001
What is binary for 1?
300
random access memory; used to store programs and data
What is RAM?
300
megabyte(MB)
What is 1 million bytes?
300
The circuit board that contains the CPU
What is motherboard?
300
these send information to outside world from your computer
What is output device?
300
11111111
What is binary for 255?
400
petabyte(PB)
What is 1 quadrillion bytes?
400
Groups of wires through wwhich information travels
What is system bus?
400
00001100
What is binary code for the number 12?
400
01100100
What is binary for 100?
400
01111111
What is binary for 127?
500
terabyte(TB)
What is 1 trillion bytes?
500
What room # are you in right now?
What is 18?
500
00010110
What is binary for 22?
500
00110111
What is binary for 55?
500
00001011
What is binary for 11?
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