IST 195 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Universal Coded Character Set, Bluetooth Low Energy, Usb 3.0
3 Apr 2017
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The main circuit board of a system unit. Central processing units: does all of the processing. Benchmark- software used to test and evaluate cpus. Control unit: fetches and interprets instructions from ram. Registers: fast accessing storage inside the cpu. A semiconductor device used to amplify or switch electronic signals and electrical power. The more transistors, the faster the information can be processed. The study of manipulating matter on an atomic or molecular level. Holds data and instructions waiting for processing by the cpu. Contents are deleted when computer is filed down. Does not lose contents when power is removed. Memory cache: speeds the processes of the computer because it stores frequently used instructions and data. Takes care of 0-9, a-z, a-z, and punctuation. A system which transmits the identity of an object or person wirelessly. Passive tags - does not need battery power, activates itself and transmits data using power generated by radio waves.
