Computer Organization Lecture 1 Introduction Quiz
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What is the primary focus of personal computers (PCs)?

  • Handling many small jobs such as building a large web server
  • Executing large-scale scientific and engineering calculations
  • Delivering good performance to single users at low cost (correct)
  • Accessing only via a network

    • What distinguishes servers from other classes of computing?

  • Emphasizing delivery of good performance to single users
  • Execution of third-party software
  • Usually accessed only via a network (correct)
  • Carrying sizable workloads for scientific or engineering applications

    • What are supercomputers primarily used for?

  • Handling many small jobs such as building a large web server
  • Execution of third-party software
  • High-end scientific and engineering calculations (correct)
  • Accessing only via a network

    • What characterizes embedded computers?

    <p>Spanning the widest range of applications and performance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What distinguishes supercomputers from other classes of computing?

    <p>Consisting of tens of thousands of processors and many terabytes of memory</p> Signup and view all the answers

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