Exam 2: Introduction to Systems Architecture

Current computer technology is based on principles of ____________________ physics developed during the 17th through 20th centuries, including electronics, magnetism, and optics.

For computer components such as processors, ____________________ are expected to gradually supplant electronics during the 21st Century.

Optical computation harnesses the energy of moving ____ to perform computational work.

In contrast to a formula, a program that implements an algorithm must include comparison and ____________________ instructions.

The ____________________ is a general-purpose processor that executes all instructions and controls all data movement in the computer system.

A ____ is a circuit board that contains most of a server.

____________________ typically make use of both multicomputer configuration and virtualization.

A(n) ____________________ is a stored set of instructions for performing a specific task.

A(n) ____________________ identifies a specific web resources.

Server hardware capabilities depend on the resources being shared and the number of simultaneous users.

A ____ consists of hardware, software, and transmission media that enable computer systems to share information, software, and hardware resources.

A tablet computer is a laptop computer that emphasizes small size, reduced weight, low cost, and wireless networking and is capable of performing only light-duty tasks, such as Web browsing, e-mailing, and word processing.

All computers are automated computing devices, and all automated computing devices are computers.

Discuss the influence of Pentium processors on technology development.

____ improved memory access and raw CPU speeds and added features such as support for higher-speed system buses, pipelined instruction execution, and multimedia processing instructions.

Early mechanical computation devices were built to perform ____.

A(n) ____________________ is a device that performs data manipulation and transformation functions including computation, comparison, and data movement.

Storage devices that hold currently executing programs are called ____

____ physics describes the behavior of matter at a subatomic level.

The biggest impetus for the change to electronic computing devices came during World War I.