Exam 4: Business Hardware

____ are usually used as a shared resource,serving hundreds of users that connect to them from personal computers.

Supercomputers contain multiple processors that let them perform ____________________ and run at great speeds.

It is likely that within a few years we will rarely see CRT monitors in offices or homes.

Optical tape uses the same technology as optical discs to store and retrieve data.

Because ____ reduces the amount of paper in organizations,some of its most enthusiastic adopters are companies in paper-intensive fields such as law,retail,insurance,and banking.

What are impact printers?

Describe the basic types of access modes.

The most widely used storage medium is the optical disc.

What factors make one computer more powerful than another?

Current microcomputers have words of ____ and 64 bits.

____ are the most powerful computers at any given time,but are built especially for assignments that require arithmetic speed.

____ are typically used for computer-aided design (CAD),computer-aided manufacturing (CAM),complex simulation,and scientific applications.

Input devices,most commonly computer monitors and printers,deliver information from the computer to a person.

The ____ is the maximum number of bits that the control unit can fetch from primary memory in one machine cycle.

All other things being equal,the greater the clock rate,the faster the machine,because it can fetch,decode,execute,and store more instructions per second.

Vendors are not offering leasing programs anymore.

The most common computer-related type of ____ is carpal tunnel syndrome.

While the great capacity and low cost of CDs are appealing,the ____ of magnetic hard disks is still significantly better than that of CDs and their faster relatives,DVDs.

The ____ is the most important part of any computer.

____________________ is a memory chip that can be rewritten and hold its content without electric power.