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What is the main purpose of a computer?
What is the main purpose of a computer?
- Producing information (correct)
- Connecting to other devices
- Performing billions of operations per second
- Storing and retrieving data
Which characteristic makes computers so different from other devices?
Which characteristic makes computers so different from other devices?
- High accuracy
- Generality (correct)
- Computational speed
- Unlimited storage
What does Information Technology (IT) involve?
What does Information Technology (IT) involve?
- Merging computing and communications technologies (correct)
- Storing and manipulating data
- Only computing technology
- Only communications technology
What is the purpose of Big Data & Big Data Analytics?
What is the purpose of Big Data & Big Data Analytics?
What is Artificial Intelligence?
What is Artificial Intelligence?
What does a Decision Support System do?
What does a Decision Support System do?
What are the physical components of a computer referred to as?
What are the physical components of a computer referred to as?
Which component of the computer is responsible for storing data and programs?
Which component of the computer is responsible for storing data and programs?
What does the CPU stand for in the context of computer hardware?
What does the CPU stand for in the context of computer hardware?
Which part of the computer is described as the 'brains' of the system?
Which part of the computer is described as the 'brains' of the system?
What are the components of secondary memory usually made of?
What are the components of secondary memory usually made of?
What type of operations are performed using the binary number system in a computer?
What type of operations are performed using the binary number system in a computer?
Where is information being processed by the CPU stored temporarily?
Where is information being processed by the CPU stored temporarily?
Which component of the computer allows people to receive information from the system?
Which component of the computer allows people to receive information from the system?
What is the function of a microprocessor in a computer?
What is the function of a microprocessor in a computer?
What type of data-storage capability does secondary memory typically have?
What type of data-storage capability does secondary memory typically have?
