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the workhorse of the business world. A main frame is the heart of a network of computers or terminals which allows hundreds of people to work at the same time on the same data. It requires a special environment - cold and dry.
What is the mainframe?
100
For Main Memory, computers use RAM, or Random Access Memory.
What do computers use for their main storage
100
The operating system is a program that conducts the communication between the various pieces of hardware like the video card, sound card, printer, the motherboard and the applications.
What does the operating system do?
100
programs to manage files eaiser
What is file management?
100
our body does not move much when using the computer, so you want to make sure you are sitting comfortably in your chair.
how should you sit when your at the computer?
200
The supercomputer is the top of the heap in power and expense. These are used for jobs that take massive amounts of calculating, like weather forecasting, engineering design and testing, serious decryption, economic forecasting, etc.
What is a supercomputer?
200
Secondary Storage is called Auxiliary Storage
What is secondary storage called?
200
The winner in the PC market was MS-DOS, Microsoft's Disk Operating System
What was the "winner of the pc market" for microsoft?
200
A Backup program, which also restores the backed up data, is a must if you have any data at all that you want to keep around for a while
What does a backup program do?
200
false
true or false. you should sit straight in your computer chair
300
a server runs a network of computers
What does the server do?
300
Auxiliary Storage is used for: Input - data & programs Output- saving results of processing
What is auxiliary storage used for?
300
Windows 95 and Windows 98 are actual operating systems on their own
What were actual operating systems of their own?
300
Data Recovery programs are for those who just said "Whoops!" They attempt to recover deleted or damaged (corrupted) files.
What are data programs for?
300
Your fingers have a natural curve, like a rainbow or waterfall. Allow your fingers to keep their curve as you type -- don't stretch and flatten them too much while typing.
our fingers have a natural what?
400
A workstation is part of a computer network and generally would be expected to have more than a regular desktop PC of most everything, like memory, storage space, and speed.
What is A workstation?
400
Of the various types of Auxiliary Storage, the types used most often are magnetic disks.
What is the type of auxiliary storage used most often?
400
The Apple Macintosh is a multitasking operating system that was the first graphical interface to achieve commercial success
What is he first graphical interface to achieve commercial success?
400
Major word processors include Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, and Lotus WordPro
name at least 2 major word processors
400
true
true or false keep your wrists straight when using computer
500
The minicomputer has become less important since the PC has gotten so powerful on its own. In fact, the ordinary new PC is much more powerful than minicomputers used to be. Originally this size was developed to handle specific tasks, like engineering and CAD calculations, that tended to tie up the main frame.
What was a minicomputer used for?
500
the most common size of optical disk is the CD-ROM, which stands for Compact Disk - Read Only Memory
What is the most common size of a optical disk?
500
Linux is an operating system similar to UNIX that is becoming more and more popular
What had a operating system similar to UNIX?
500
A spreadsheet is the application of choice for most documents that organize numbers, like budgets, financial statements, grade sheets, and sales records.
What is a spreadsheet for?
500
he computer monitor (screen) should be right in front of you and a little lower than your eyes. By having the monitor off to the side or too high or low, you can end up being a real headache . . . not to mention that the neck and shoulders will surely hurt as well.
where should the monitor be when you are using it?