Completion
Complete each sentence or
statement.
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1.
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A(n)
____________________ is an electronic device, operating under the control of instructions stored in
its own memory unit, that can accept data (input), manipulate the data according to specified rules
(process), produce information (output) from the processing, and store the results for future
use.
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2.
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Collectively, the operations in the ______________________________ describe the
procedures a computer performs to process data into information and store it for future
use.
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3.
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The people
who either use a computer directly or use the information it provides are called
_________________________.
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4.
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The detailed
instructions that tell a computer exactly what to do are called a(n)
_________________________.
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5.
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A(n)
____________________ is an input device that contains keys you press to enter data into the
computer.
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6.
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With
_________________________, you use a stylus to select keys on the onscreen keyboard.
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7.
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A(n)
_________________________ has the keyboard built into the top of the unit.
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8.
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A(n)
____________________ is a pointing device used by laying the palm of the hand over it and moving it
across the surface of a pad that provides traction for a rolling ball on its bottom.
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9.
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On personal
computers, the CPU is designed into a chip called a(n) ____________________.
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10.
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Most
full-sized personal computers use a television-like display device called a(n)
____________________.
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11.
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Notebook
computers, flat screen displays, and handheld computers use a flat panel _________________________
technology similar to a digital watch.
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12.
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The surface
of the computer screen is made up of individual picture elements called
____________________.
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13.
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______________________________ are used to store instructions and data when they are
not being used in memory.
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14.
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A(n)
____________________ is a portable, inexpensive storage medium that consists of a thin, circular,
flexible plastic disk with a magnetic coating enclosed in a square-shaped plastic
shell.
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15.
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When
discussing a storage medium, ____________________ means the medium can be removed from one computer
and carried to another computer.
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16.
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A(n)
_________________________ is a device that can read from and write to a floppy disk.
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17.
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Most
magnetic disks are ____________________ storage media; that is, data can be accessed from and placed
on a magnetic disk any number of times, just as with an audiocassette tape.
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18.
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____________________ is the process of preparing a disk for reading and writing by
organizing the disk into storage locations called tracks and sectors.
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19.
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A(n)
____________________ is a narrow recording band that forms a full circle on the surface of a
disk.
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20.
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A(n)
____________________ is a small arc in a pie-shaped section of a disk and is capable of holding 512
bytes of data.
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21.
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The time
required to access and retrieve data on a floppy disk is called ____________________.
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22.
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On a hard
disk, one billion bytes is called a(n) ____________________.
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23.
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A(n)
_________________________ is a very high capacity compact disc capable of storing from 4.7 GB to 17
GB - more than enough to hold a telephone book containing every resident in the United
States.
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An important
part of system software is the _________________________, which contains instructions that tell the
computer how to perform the functions of loading, storing, and executing an application program and
how to transfer data.
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25.
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The process
of loading the operating system into the computer's memory from auxiliary storage is called
____________________.
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Today, most
computers use an operating system that use a(n) ____________________ that provides visual cues such
as icon symbols to help the user.
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27.
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Presentation
graphics software allows the user to create documents called ____________________ to be used in
making presentations.
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28.
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A(n)
____________________ is a collection of computers and devices connected together via communications
media and devices such as cables, telephone lines, modems, or other means.
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29.
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Computers
are networked together so users can share ____________________, such as hardware devices, software
programs, data, and information.
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30.
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The world's
largest network is the ____________________, which is a worldwide collection of networks that links
together millions of computers by means of modems, telephone lines, and other communications devices
and media.
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31.
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One of the
more popular segments of the Internet is the _________________________, which contains billions of
documents with text, graphics, sound, and/or video and built-in connections to other
documents.
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32.
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Web pages
can be accessed and viewed using a software program called a(n)
_________________________.
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33.
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A Web page
has a unique address, called a(n) ______________________________.
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34.
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Most Web
page URLs begin with ____________________, which stands for hypertext transfer protocol, the
communications standard used to transfer pages on the Web.
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35.
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A(n)
____________________ is a computer that delivers requested Web pages.
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