CSCI 101 - Chapter 6

The control unit is one component of the ________. CPU cache front side bus clock

CPU

________ provides high-speed information processing by enabling a new set of instructions to start before the previous set is finished. Multitasking Cache memory Hyperthreading Overclocking

Hyperthreading

The processor market for desktop and laptop computers is dominated by ________. IBM Microsoft Intel Apple

Intel

Which of the following storage devices has the largest potential capacity? Compact disc Thumb drive Bluray disc Mechanical hard drive

Mechanical hard drive

The rule of thumb that predicts that the number of transistors on a CPU will double every two years is called ________ Law. Charles' Moore's Intel's Boyle's

Moore's

Windows uses a memory-management technique known as ________ to monitor which applications you use most frequently an d then preloads them into your system memory. SuperGet SuperFetch SuperTake SuperRetrieve

SuperFetch

Running the Disk Defragmenter utility will ________. detect and remove spyware mark bad memory cells make the hard drive work more efficiently clean out your Startup folder

make the hard drive work more efficiently

When referring to hard drives, access time is measured in ________. megahertz bits per second milliseconds kilobytes

milliseconds

Cache memory levels are based on proximity to ________. the hard drive RAM the processor the video card

the processor

RAM is an example of ________ storage. volatile nonvolatile permanent mobile

volatile