Exam 4: Hardware and Software

Which of the following statements is true of an operating system?

An exabyte is equivalent to 1,024 petabytes.

Explain the four major nonmobile client operating systems and their functions.

Which of the following refers to software that is developed for a specific and unique need?

________ is a computer code that is written by humans and understandable by humans.

Application programs can be processed by both clients and servers.

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

A ________ is a collection of 1,024 bytes.

Although an operating system does a lot of application-specific work, it does little to make the computer usable.

Computers represent data using binary digits called ________.

High-end computers can have as many as 16 central processing units.

What is firmware?

One ________ is equivalent to 1,024 kilobytes.

Host operating systems that run one or more operating systems as applications are referred to as ________.

A dual-processor computer has ________ CPUs.

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

A ________ is used to receive and process thousands of requests from a large number of users.

When individuals buy a computer program, they buy a license to ________.

Main memory is also called read-only memory.

________ computers have four central processing units (CPUs).