The CPU
Storage Devices
Operating systems
Software
Digital and Multimedia
100
The Central Processing Unit consists of the ____ and the ____.
What is the ALU, and control unit
100
Hard drives store data this way?
What is magnetically
100
Provides the user with an interface to communicate with the computer's hardware
What is the operating system
100
the operating system and utility software make up the ______ software on a computer, which is the software that makes the computer run.
What is system software
100
Expressed in mega pixels, this is used to evaluate a camera's picture quality
What is resolution
200
This uses multiple processors, or multi-core processors to share processing tasks
What is parallel processing
200
These are used to read data on an optical disc
What is a laser
200
Administrator, Standard, and Child are examples of this
What are user accounts
200
This is the most important software on a PC
What is the operating system
200
A compression algorithm that reduces the size of a digital media file
What is a codec
300
this is a method of using a single processor to improve performance
What is pipelining
300
This type of memory is considered non-volatile memory
What is ROM
300
without these, you would not be able to install new hardware onto the computer
What are device drivers
300
NFC allows two devices to share data by touching them together or bringing them close to each other
What is NFC (near field communication)
300
This type of camera is the best choice for professional photographers as it allows manual adjustment capabilities
What is a DSLR
400
The three functions of the CPU
What are execute program instructions, make decisions, and perform calculations
400
Older PS/2 ports have been replaced by this type of port
What is USB
400
Servers run on this type of specialized operating system
What is a Network Operating System (NOS)
400
This utility looks for files that can safely be deleted to free up disk space
What is Disk Cleanup
400
MP3 stands for this
What is MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3
500
Also referred to as the fetch-and-execute cycle
What is the instruction or machine cycle
500
This houses the power supply, memory, and drive bays of the computer
What is the system unit
500
security, resources, and storage are centralized by this
What is a network server
500
This software blocks unauthorized access to your computer
What is Firewall
500
It is illegal to remove this from a protected file
What is DRM - digital rights management
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