Comp Science

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The Law of Large numbers states that modern computers are more effective at calculating very large values than they are at very small values

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False

Front 2

A multi-core processor is able to execute multiple instructions simultaneously, and thus can complete many tasks faster than a single-core processor

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True

Front 3

A kilobyte of storage is 2^10th = 1,024 bytes, where a byte is a collection of 8 bits

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True

Front 4

An operating system is a collection of systems software that controls how the CPU, memory, and input/output devices work together

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True

Front 5

The development of the Internet and the World Wide Web were both primarily funded by the U.S. Department of Defense

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False

Front 6

Since a collection of 3 bits can represent up to 8 different values, it follows that a collection of 6 bits can represent up to 16 different values

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False

Front 7

Once an image is loaded into a Web page, that image cannot be changed except by reloading the page

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False

Front 8

The HTML attributes ONMOUSEOVER and ONMOUSEOUT are known as event handlers since they specify the action that is to take place in response to a particular event

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True

Front 9

byte

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collection of 8 bits (thus, 2^8th = 256 values)

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kilobyte

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1,000 bytes of storage (2^10)

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megabyte

Back 11

1 million bytes of storage (2^20th)

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gigabyte

Back 12

1 billion bytes of storage