At FDU: Patricia Wagner

EXAM 1 to be given on March 7th.

Exam will consist of multiple choice; definitions; and exercises related to concepts discussed in class.

Updated 2/28/03 and reflects material covered for the current semester.

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Study Guide for EXAM 1

TERMS

     computer and a digital system
     hardware and software
     information and data
     end user and a programmer
     bus and a port
     system and application software
     RAM and ROM
     hard, floppy, and CD disk drives
     input/output devices
     hard boot and soft boot
     operating system
     cache
     megahertz
     register
     word size
     megabyte, kilobyte etc.
     control unit/ALU

CONCEPTS

name and describe all the parts on the physical description of the computer

understand size order and conversion of storage and speed units on the computer

relation of machine cycle to CPU parts

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