Tsa Tech Bowl - Computers2

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Some programs can reside in RAM and not be used until they are called for by their 'hot-key combination'. These programs can be referred to as:

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TSR (Terminal and Stay Resident)

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The first type of color graphics system was

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CGA (Color Graphics Adapter)

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RGB, CMYK, and HSV are common ways to represent:

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color

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This printing procedure shoots ink droplets onto paper. This is a non-impact printer.

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ink jet printing

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CAD is an abbreviation for

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Computer Aided Design

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A microprocessors clock speed is expressed in

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MHz (megahertz)

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In what decade were CAD systems introduced?

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1960s

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Compression algorithms can be categorized by two groups. They are:

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lossy and lossless

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What is the essential software that coordinates the internal workings of a computer?

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operation system

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___ are the actual disk inside a hard disk drive.

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platters

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What company started using MCA (Micro Channel Architecture)?

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IBM

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SRAM stands for :

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Static Random Access Memory

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What computer language's main purpose is to process business data?

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COBOL

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What are the two classifications that magnetic storage can be divided into?

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disk drives and tape drives

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Which of the following microprocessors is not a RISC design?

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Pentium

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What is the set of rules for every programming language?

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syntax

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What is a way that multiple people can simultaneously work on a single document and see
each other's changes in real time?

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document conferencing

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What size was the original floppy disk?

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8 inches

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What company developed the UNIX operating system?

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AT&T Bell Laboratories

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In a GUI environment, this object is commonly used to represent a program, command, or
process.

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icon

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This is an interfacing standard used to communication between graphics applications and
imaging devices such as scanners and slide imagers.

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TWAIN

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What are the read/write heads on a hard disk called?

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sliders

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What university can be considered the birthplace of the word 'hackers'?

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MIT

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How many bytes are in a KB?

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1024

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What do the letters MB represent in computer memory?

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1024 kilobytes

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What can be added to enable a computer to work on complex mathematical problems faster?

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math coprocessor

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Electric Pencil was the first _____________ program for personal computers.

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word processor

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The __________ is the working part of the program.

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body

Front 29

Which of the following color resolutions produces the most colors? 16.8 million colors are
possible with this type of monitor?

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24 bit

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There are two types of computer architecture that incorporate more than one processing
element. Which of the following is one of them?

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multiprocessor

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What year did Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak create the Apple computer?

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1978

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________________ is an attempt to program a computer to recognize problems to be solved
and to make decisions normally associated with human intellect.

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artificial intelligence

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What is the way that text will be placed in relation to the page margins?

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justification

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The network layout for both physical and logical design is known as its :

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topology

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In 1970 Diablo Systems introduced the ___________ for printing out text.

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daisy-wheel printer

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What company developed the programming language C?

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AT&T Bell Laboratories

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Software that is designed to handle specific hardware input and output for a particular
peripheral is a(n) :

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drivers

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What is another name for a CRT?

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monitor

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In 1975, the laser printer was introduced by :

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IBM

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In designing cross-platform applications, the byte ordering (or endianness) must be
considered. For __________ bytes, the least significant bit is first and the most significant bit
is last.

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little endian

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In a program, what is a sequence of instructions that is repeated a specified number of times?

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loop

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What is a type of computer memory that bridges the gap between the computer and its input
and output devices?

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buffer

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What was the first widely-available high-level programming language?

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FORTRAN

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Which of the following is a printing technique used to print full-page graphics on raster
devices such as a dot matrix printer?

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banding

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To a programmer, a(n) _____________ is a collection of related object files or declarations that
simplify programming efforts.

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library

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Douglas Englebart, a computer scientist in Menlo Park, California, in the 1950s and 1960s,
invented the pointing device known as a(n) :

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mouse

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In 1984, what mouse-based, graphics-oriented computer did Apple introduce?

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Macintosh

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Of the following devices, which one accesses data the fastest?

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RAM disk

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What are programs embedded in a microprocessor called?

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firmware

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Before disks, this was the most widely used medium for storing computer data.

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magnetic tape

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What company introduced the concept of icons and a graphical user interface?

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Xerox

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Transmission in one direction at a time is :

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half duplex

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What type of program will hold the most recently requested information from the hard drive in
RAM?

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disk cache

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What type of software provides specific instructions and information for a job that is to be
done?

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applications

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A computer system or network designed using industry standard components and procedures
is known as a(n) :

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open system

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____________ serial communication occurs when the exact sending and receiving time of
each bit sent is known before transmission and reception.

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synchronous

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Of the following operating systems, which one does not operate at the 32 bit level?

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DOS

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Batch files are to MS-DOS as ______________ are to UNIX.

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shell scripts

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What programming language is best known as the one with the 'turtle' built in?

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Logo

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In a network, frames are also known as :

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packets

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In computer programs, a function or variable that references itself is said to be :

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recursive

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Which of the following methods is used by the computer to provide temporary storage in
memory when differences in data handling rates occur?

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buffers

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What programming language is the UNIX operating system written in?

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C

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A technique of using patterns of available colors to simulate the actual color is known as :

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dithering

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A chip that speeds up video performance by carrying out graphics processing independently
of the CPU is a(n) :

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graphics coprocessor

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A printer is said to be ___________ when it is ready.

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online

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What decade was SQL (Structured Query Language) developed by IBM?

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1970s

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__________ is done by an application when it prints an image by dividing the image into
several bands (slices) sending each band to the printer separately. This method eliminates
the need for one print metafile.

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banding

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Twisted pair, coaxial, and fiber optics are types of :

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cables for computer networks

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8 bit color video graphics provides how many colors?

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256 colors

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The rate of bit misses in data retrieval operations is known as the :

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bit error rate

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When a transmission is occurring in both directions simultaneously it is :

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in full duplex mode

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9 pin and 24 pin are the two types of :

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dot matrix printers

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What computer peripheral converts images on paper into an electrical signal that can be
processed into a file?

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scanners

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Which of the following was one of the two founders of Apple Computers?

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Steve Wozniak

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A network covering a large geographical area is a(n) :

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WAN (Wide Area Network)

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Internal to the microprocessor are groups of circuits used to store information which are
called :

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registers

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Which of the following input devices is placed against the screen to enter a point?

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light pen

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Of the following video types, which is 16 bit color video?

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XGA

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When two data terminals (DTE) exchange pre-set codes to establish a connection, the two are
said to be :

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handshaking

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Of the following hard disk types, which has the fastest transfer rate?

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SCSI

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Computer speech comes in two varieties - recorded and :

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synthesized

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In Intel microprocessor based computers, MCA and EISA are :

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32 bit architectures

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On a 3.5 inch diskette, what is the part that the disk drive must slide over in order to read the
diskette?

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shutter

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Which of the following color systems is the most life like?

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24 bit

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Which of the following printers produces the best output?

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laser with PostScript

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The output for a laser printer is determined from a collaboration of two basic parts. Which
part determines the printer's typographical features and compatibility with other computers?

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controller

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In RS-232 serial interfaces, it is the handshake mechanism used to stop the computer from
sending data when the buffer is full or turns it on again when the buffer empties.

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flow control

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_____________ keeps information in memory after the computer is turned off.

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non-volaitile RAM

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What is a teleprinter with a keyboard for input called?

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teletypewriter

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Which of the following is a graphic file format created by CompuServe that works on several
computing platforms?

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GIF

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A group of sectors on a disk is known as a(n) :

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cluster

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A programming language meaning "list processor". It was developed in 1958.

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Lisp

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Examples of _________ printers are ink-jet and laser printers.

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non-impact printers

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A method used by microprocessors to break an instruction into multiple stages so that the
processor can work on multiple instructions at once.

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pipelining

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The speed at which data can be written to and read from a storage medium is its :

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transfer rate

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For hard disks, the amount of time the disk head takes to move from the current track to the
destination track is the disk's :

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seek time

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In computer telecommunications terminology, DCE stands for :

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data communications equipment

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The amount of time for a disk to make half a revolution is the :

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average latency time

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What can be described as a computer on a chip?

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micrprocessor