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What is storage?
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Unit 1 terms and information processing cycle
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What is RAM?
a type of memory in the computer
physical parts of the computer
instructions that tell the computer what to do
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What is storage?
physical parts of the computer
when data is saved
instructions that tell the computer what to do
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What is the information processing cycle?
a sequence of actions performed by the computer
instructions that tell the computer what to do
the physical parts of the computer
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What is input?
data that is entered into the computer
saved data
a visual copy generated by the computer
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What is a computer?
instructions that tell the user what to do
a device that changes information from one form to another
a type of memory
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Computers are essential in our society
False
True
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Computer viruses are harmful to the computer
True
Not really
False
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What is the brains of the computer called?
byte
CPU
RAM
bit
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two types of operating software are
virus detection software
Google Doc
Mac and Windows
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What is a peripheral?
physical parts of the computer
instructions that tell the computer what to do
outside parts of the computer
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Application software examples are
Google docs, Google slides
Google Sheets, Excel
All of these
Google Slides, Google Docs
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The correct order for the computer information processing cycle is
input, processing, output, storage
input, output, storage, processing
None of these
input, storage, output, processing
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What is computer software?
physical parts of the computer
outside parts of the computer
instructions that tell the computer what to do
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What is processing?
computer does something with data
data is entered into the computer
data is saved
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What is computer hardware?
instructions that tell the computer what to do
outside parts of the computer
physical parts of the computer