chap. 6 vocab

binary

Number system that has just two unique digits, 0 and 1

gigahertz

One billion ticks of a system clock per second

ROM

The data on most of this type of chip cannot be modifed

CMOS

The flash memory chips that store a computers starup imformation frequently use this kind of technology

ASC11

The most widely used coding scheme to represent a set of characters

multi-core

This kind of prossesser is a single chip with two or more processor cores

coding scheme

8 bits grouped together as a unit form this

SaaS

A computer enviroment where an internet service hosts and deploys applications

fan

Most desktops cases have at least three of these.

nonvolatile

Type of memory that can keep its contents whe the power is removed from the computer.

PaaS

alows develops to create, test, and run their solutions on a clous platform without having to purchase or configure the underlying hardware or software

cloud computing

an enviorment of serves that house and provide access to resourses users access via internet

nano-second

an extremely fast unit of time

virtual desktop

another name for Desktop as a service

mashup

application that incoreporates data from multiple provides applications

clock speen

measured in ticks per second

motherboard

memory usually consits of one or more chips

AMD

one of the leading manufactures of personal computer processers chips

byte

patterns that define the combinations of 0s and 1s that represent uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and special symbols

word size

the number of bits the prosseor can interpret and exectute at a givin time