+
Related Flashcards
Related Topics
Cards In This Set
| Front | Back |
|
Access time
|
The time it takes a storage device to locate its stored data
|
|
ALU
|
Is the part of the CPU designed to perform mathematical operations
|
|
Analog
|
Waves that illustrate the loudness of the sound or brightness of colors in an image at a given moment in time
|
|
Analog-to-digital coverter
|
Converts analog signals into digital signals
|
|
Binary Language
|
The language a computer uses to process data information using the values 1's and 0's
|
|
Bit
|
1 character
|
|
Bluetooth
|
Wireless technology that uses radio waves to transmit data over short distance
|
|
Byte
|
Eight Binary digits
|
|
Cache memory
|
Small blocks of memory located at the cpu
|
|
Clock speed
|
The pace by which the computer moves from process to process, measured in hertz(Hz)
|
|
Codec
|
Squeezes a given amount of audio and video inforamtion into less space
|
|
Computer
|
Data-processing device that gathers, processes,outputs, and stores data and information
|
|
Core
|
A complete processing section from a central processing unit, embedded into one physical chip
|
|
CPU
|
Data processing
|
|
Data
|
Numbers, words, pictures, or sounds
|
