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What are the french weaving looms programmed with?
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Punched Cards
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Think of different ways of forming a whole for weaving.
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What U.S agency used Herman Helleirth's Machine?
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U.S Census Bureau
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Think of Population.
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What was the 1st commerically available computer?
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UNIVAC I (Universal Automatic Computer)
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Reminder!! The question asks what is the 1st COMMERCIAL computer NOT the 1st PERSONAL.
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What lead the miniturization of devices in the 1950s?
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Transistors
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What is the 1st personal computer?
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Altair 8800
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The data pathway in a computer is?
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Bus
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An example of an open source OS is?
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Linux
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This is more widely ported than any other operating system
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What is volatile (change) to power?
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RAM (Radom Access Memory)
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RAM (Random Access Memory)-
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is a type of computer memory that can be accessed without infringing on any adjacent bytes; most commonly found in basic computers; "main memory"; a residual standard for memory used by programs
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Give the definition.
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What type of connection sends one bit a time?
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Serial connection
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What expansion card type is dedicated for graphics cards?
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AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port)
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ROM (Read Only Memory):
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is a type of computer memory containing prerecorded data. Most personal computers contain a small amount of this that stores programming essential for basic funtioning, such as the boot-up routine.
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definition
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AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port):
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cards are designed to bypass the PCI bus (physical motherboard route) and attain direct access to the main memory of the computer. AGPs are used strictly for purposing 3D graphics.
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definition
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PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect):
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cards support 32-bit organizations and interface through a white slot on the motherboard, shorter thant those dedicated to ISA.
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definition
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ISA (Industry Standard Architecture):
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is an older standard that occupied a black slot connector on the motherboard.
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definition
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What expansion card type is dedicated for graphics cards?
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AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port)
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ROM (Read Only Memory):
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is a type of computer memory containing prerecorded data. Most personal computers contain a small amount of ROM that stores programming essential for basic funtioning, such as the boot-up routine.
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definition
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AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port):
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cards are designed to bypass the PCI bus (physical motherboard route) and attain direct access to the main memory of the computer. AGPs are used strictly for purposing 3D graphics.
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definition
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PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect):
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cards support 32-bit organizations and interface through a white slot on the motherboard, shorter thant those dedicated to ISA.
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definition
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ISA (Industry Standard Architecture):
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is an older standard that occupied a black slot connector on the motherboard.
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definition
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What is a the motherboard?
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the main circuit board of a PC.
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What does CPU stand for and what does it mean?
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It stand for Central Processing Unit, and the CPU is the brain of the computer; it interperts and executes the instructions of a command program.
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What is the rate at which a CPU can excute the instructions it receives?
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Clock Speed
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What is a group of integrated circuits ont the motherboard the performs one or more functions.
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Chipset
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What is an application?
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It is an environment supported bu the underlying operating system of the computer.
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What is considered the computer's toolbox?
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OS (Operating System)
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BUS:
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is the collection of wires through which data is transmitted from one location within a computer to another.
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definition
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What connection elists multiple wires, enabling the transmission of more than one bit at a given time?
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Parallel Connection
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What was the Apple II first at doing?
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Displaying a color display.
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What is a mainframe?
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is a large computer that is capable of supporting hundreds to thousands of users simultaneously.
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What is a large machine that can perform an extremely high number of instructions per second?
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Supercomputer
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What us capable of supporting hundreds of users at the same time?
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Minicomputer
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Personal Computer (PC):
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is simply a self-contained computing device offering all necessary input, output, and display device utilities to a single end-user.
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What is a Workstation?
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It is a powerful, single-user computer.
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What is a computer?
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On the most basic level, is a programmable device able to store and respond to a set of instruction for processing data, oterhwise know as a program, and tgen execute those instructions when commanded.
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How is the data in a computer represented?
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In a Binary Fashion.
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A computer simply interprets _________.
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Voltage
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These switches represent either an "on" state(1 when voltage is present) or an "off" state (0 when when voltage is absent.
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Binary Numbers
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Individually one of these numbers is acknowledged as a ________.
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Bit
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Quantities of bits are designated how?
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With a lowercase "b".
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What unit stores and processes data in bitstreasms of eight?
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Byte
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What unit stores and processes a grouping of four total bits?
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Nibble
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What term is used to identify these longer strings of bits?
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Word
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Output device:
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is a device is utilized for display of the information the computer processes.
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definition
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Input device:
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is a device is used to receive the transmission of data from sources external to the machine.
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definition
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