COMP 1047 Chapter Notes -Laser Printing, Card Reader, Magnetic Storage
12 Apr 2015
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True or false: an all-in-one is a type of desktop computer. True: small business computers have better sound and graphics capabilities than home or game computers. Pcs, macs, and linux are three computer platforms. True: today"s macs can be configured to run windows. True: pentium, core, arm7, and athlon are types of microprocessors true, today"s computers typically process 8 bits at a time. Serial processing is when a processor begins executing one instruction before it completes the previous instruction. It"s volatile (requires electrical power to hold data). Cd drives, dvd drives, blue-ray drives, flash drives: data gets copied from a storage device into ram where it waits to be processed. Quick check: access _____ is typically faster for random-access devices than for sequential-access devices. A(n) __________________ uses the same storage technology as a usb flash drive, but is not designed to be removable. (hint: use the acronym. ) Lcd produces image by filtering light through a layer of liquid crystal cells.
