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- 6. Closely connected to the processor, stored data are quickly and easily changed, holds the programs and data that the processor is actively working with.
- 7. integration of computer with telecommunication equipment for retrieving, manipulating, and storage of data.
- 9. Programs that instruct computers to perform specific operations.
- 11. Handling information, especially facts. Converting facts and figures into useful information. Analyzing collected facts and figures and putting them into formats useful to a business.
- 14. set of coordinated network of components, which act together towards producing, distributing and/or processing information.
- 16. A computer system that is part of a larger machine and which controls how that machine operates.
- 18. A particular computer will have a particular type of processor.
- 20. Computerized storage for information and facts.
- 22. An internal network similar to the Internet that is accessible only by authorized personnel; used to access information and communicate with others within an organization. A computer network that is restricted to the organization it serves, an internal Internet.
- 23. Components are connected to the main circuit board of the computer.
- 24. Consists of two or more computers connected so that they can exchange data and programs.
- 25. Connected to main memory, stored data are easily changed, but changes are slow compared to main memory, and used for long-term storage of programs and data.
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- 1. Keyboards, mouse, scanners, cameras, joysticks, and microphones; a piece of equipment used to provide data and control signals to an information processing system.
- 2. Online storage that enables users to upload, store, and access their files via the Internet; users’ files are maintained by a third-party at a remote database storage facility.
- 3. Responsible for starting up application programs, running them, and managing the resources that they need.
- 4. Consists of hardware (physical parts of the computer) and software (programs and data used with the physical computer).
- 5. The physical components of a computer system (e.g., the central processing unit, hard drive, modem).
- 8. Monitor, printer, speakers; any piece of computer hardware equipment which converts information into human-readable form.
- 10. the process of transferring data between storage types, formats, or computer systems.
- 12. "Random" means that the memory cells can be accessed in any order. The type of silicon chip used to implement main memory.
- 13. Programs that people use to get their work done.
- 15. Only Memory Used to make a section of main memory read-only.
- 17. Facts and figures.
- 19. Text files that are put on a website visitor’s hard disk and then later retrieved during subsequent visits to the site in order to track internet behavior. Mechanisms used by websites to track users’ browsing histories.
- 21. Contains billions of transistors; responsible for the fundamental computing within the system, and directly or indirectly controls all the other components.