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What does RAM do?
What is an antivirus used for?
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Introduction to computers from gcflearnfree.org
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What is an antivirus used for?
There is no such thing as an anti-virus program
It installs viruses so do not put this on your computer
To protect your computer against viruses or malware
To protect yourself against the flu or other illnesses
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What does RAM do?
It is the long term memory and appears when computer is off
It is the short term memory and disappears when comptr off
There is no difference between short & long term memory
It is the short term memory and is always there
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What is the motherboard?
the computer's main circuit board
the brain of the computer
the short term memory
the long term memory
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What does RAM stand for
Read Area Memory
Read Always Memory
Random Access Memory
Random Area Memory
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What does ROM mean?
There is no difference between long term and short term data
It is long term data that is stored in the hard drive
It is short term data that is stored in the hard drive
It is long term and short term data
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What is hardware?
any part of the computer that does not have structure
any part of your computer that has a physical structure
set instructions that doesn't tell the computer what to do
set of instructions that tells the computer what to do
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All of the following are examples of Peripherals except
Central Processing Unit
Printer
Speaker
Headphones
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What is the central processing Unit
It is known as the brain of the computer
The processing speed of the computer
The long term memory
The short term memory
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What is the operating systems job?
It is the circuit board of the computer
it stores long term data
manages all of the software and hardware on the computer
It is the brain of the computer
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What is the hard drive?
Where short term items are stored
There is no hard drive
where software, documents, and other files are stored
Short term and long term data is stored there
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All of the following are considered computers except
Refrigerators
Cell phones
all of the above
tablet
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What is a GUI?
It is long term memory
lets you use mouse to click icons & is clearly displayed
It is the brain of the computer
It is RAM
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What is software?
any part of your computer that has a physical structure
set of instructions that tells the hardware what to do
Set of instructions that tells the software what to do
It is the brain of the computer
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What is a computer?
Electronic device that does not manipulate or store info
electronic device that only manipulates data or information
Electronic device that only stores information
electronic device that manipulates information or data.
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What is an operating system?
It allows you to communicate with the computer
It is hard ware
It is the brain of the computer
It is long term memory
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What is a peripheral?
Peripherals do not exist.
Something that is already part of the computer.
Something that does not have to be connected to the computer
Device that connects to a computer used to get or put info
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What does ROM Stand for?
Real only memory
Read off memory
Right only memory
Read Only Memory
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What is the purpose of an external hard drive?
They are anti-virus protection programs
To back up your data that is on your hard drive
It is the brain of the computer
External hard drives do not exist
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What is a can of compressed air used for
To clean a car
To clean the keyboard
To clean silverware
To clean the software
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All are examples of operating systems except
Mac OS X
Cookies
Microsoft Windows
Linux
