Now you see it, now you don't
Gates and gates
Operations and Abstractions
Storage Reps
Measures
100
If your computer is fast, then it means that this is fast.
What is the Central Processing Unit (CPU)?
100
The transistor has two states - this and that.
What are ON/OFF or 0/1?
100
This is the software layer that isolates the computer user from the hardware.
What is the Operating System?
100
Used for storing text data.
What is ASCII or EBCDIC?
100
Hertz
What measures the speed of the CPU?
200
The name of the main (primary memory) of the computer.
What is RAM or Random Access Memory?
200
The gate is also called an inverter because it reverses the input.
What is a NOT gate?
200
It retains the data so that you can come back to it after powering off the computer.
What is a hard drive?
200
Lists and arrays are two types of these.
What are abstract data types?
200
Gigabytes
What measures storage capacity?
300
The name of the circuit board that holds the main components of the computer.
What is the Motherboard?
300
This gate produces an output of ON when either of its inputs is ON.
What is the OR gate?
300
These (in correct sequence) are major steps the CPU takes.
What are Fetch - Decode - Execute steps?
300
A discrete representation or model of a real physical object.
What is a digital representation?
300
RBG values
What indicates color intensity of a pixel?
400
The name of the chip that contains the computer startup instructions?
What is the ROM?
400
The most common Operating Systems - name all three.
What are Microsoft Windows, UNIX and MacOS?
400
This is how negative integers are represented on the computer.
What is ones complement or twos complement form?
400
The least number of bits required to distinguish between seven different choices.
What are three bits?
400
Bit
What is the smallest size of storage data?
500
The computer keeps its cool using these.
What are the heat sink and fan?
500
These are used in an adder circuit and the founder of Microsoft is one also - name all three.
What are AND, EXOR and Bill Gates?
500
This method of representation of numbers leads to loss of precision.
What is floating point representation or scientific notation with exponent/mantissa/sign?
500
The hexadecimal and decimal equivalents of the following binary number : 1110 0011.
What are hexadecimal E 3 and decimal 227?
500
HD, UHD, 4K, MP etc.
What are measures of computer monitor or television screen resolution?
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