The reason CMOS memory & the reason that every thing is fast and memorable.
What is , the moment you turn on your computer, it begins to access its memory. BIOS, the software that boots up your computer, is located in which type of memory?
100
BOS/360
TOS/360
DOS/360
which operating system was available for IBM system/ 360 model 2x?
100
Douglas Engelbart
who invented the mouse?
100
main memory
when looking at a computers memory, you will coke across the storage hierarchy, which separates storage into primary, secondary, and tertiary. Primary storage refers to memory that is directly accessible to the CPU. what is another name for primary storage?
200
12 inches
how wide id the full AT motherboard?
200
9
how many wires do the serial cables have?
200
Xerox star
the first mouse packaged with and intended for use with a computer came with what computer?
200
Douglas engelbert
who invented the computer mouse?
300
3
how many different colors of light are in a pixel?
300
IBM made the hard disk
the first hard disks created in the 1920s, could be up to 20 inches in diameter . which company invented the hard disk?
300
the case
which is the largest piece of a computer, but is one of the fewest electronic components?
400
control panel, accessibility options, mouse
in windows XP, how do you change your settings so you can use the keyboard to control the cursor on the screen?
400
Intel.
which company invented the ATX form factor
400
controlling French weaving looms
for what was the stiff format punched card first used?
400
solder cup D-sub connector DB37
which cable has a DB-25 male connection on one end and a 36-pin female connection on the other
500
the single processor chip contains two or four independent complete and equal processors.
the processor you can find in a modern PC are often referred to as dual core or even quad-core. this means what?
500
that is silicon
when you look at a processor, you normally see a plastic or ceramic case with metal pins and possibly other metal parts. however , the active component inside is made o0f different material - which one ?
500
one of the very limited internal data storage locations that can be manipulated extremely fast and convieniently
in the context of a CPU architecture, what does the term "register" mean?