Exam 4: Hardware and Software

One ________ is equivalent to 1,024 kilobytes.

Explain how computer programs are licensed to individuals and organizations.

Computers represent data using binary digits,called ________.

Describe the basic components of a generic computer.

To run a program,a computer first transfers the program from disk to ________.

Differentiate between client and server computers.

USB connectors complicated the connection of peripheral gear to computers for users.

A host operating system controls the activities of the virtual machines it hosts.

Which of the following is an open-source operating system?

McCann Systems,a leading IT firm,develops customized billing software to meet the needs of its individual customers: In this case,the software developed by the firm is referred to as a(n)________.

Which of the following is used to receive and process thousands of requests from a large number of users?

Which of the following is the most widely used operating system in business?

What is an operating system? How is it different from an application program?

The CPU performs arithmetic and logical comparisons and stores results of operations in memory.

To execute an instruction,data is moved from the main memory to the CPU via the ________.

Code needed for the execution of thin-client application is loaded dynamically by a browser.

________ is a type of computer software that is installed into devices such as printers,print servers,and various types of communication devices.

A computer is faster if it has a large cache.

Which of the following is true about operating systems software?

A server farm can process only one service request per minute.