CSCI 1301 EXAM 1-UGA QUESTIONS
WITH 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS
\.Hardware - ANSWERS✔-The physical components of a computer.
\.Software - ANSWERS✔-written programs or procedures or rules and associated
documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in
read/write memory
\.main memory - ANSWERS✔-holds current memory, volatile (goes away)
\.auxiliary memory - ANSWERS✔-exists once the computer turns off (hard drive)
\.input - ANSWERS✔-keyboard, mouse, etc.
\.output - ANSWERS✔-monitor, printer, etc.
\.RAM - ANSWERS✔-Random Access Memory - is the main memory, and the hard drive is the
principal
\.CPU - ANSWERS✔-(Central Processing Unit) The key component of a computer system, which
contains the circuitry necessary to interpret and execute program instructions
, \.1 bit - ANSWERS✔-smallest unit
\.4 bits - ANSWERS✔-nibble
\.8 bits - ANSWERS✔-1 byte
\.1,000 bytes - ANSWERS✔-1 KB
\.1 million bytes (1,000 kilobytes) - ANSWERS✔-1 MB
\.1 billion bytes (1,000 megabytes) - ANSWERS✔-1 GB
\.bytes in larger units are ____ - ANSWERS✔-files
\.Files are organized into ____ - ANSWERS✔-folders or directories
\.machine language - ANSWERS✔-(what the computer understands)- is a "low-level language"
which is binary (01001101)
\."high-level language" - ANSWERS✔-A programming language like Java that is designed to be
easy for humans to read and write.
\.JVM - ANSWERS✔-Java Virtual Machine, an interpreter for compiled Java bytecodes -
translates and runs the Java bytecode
WITH 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS
\.Hardware - ANSWERS✔-The physical components of a computer.
\.Software - ANSWERS✔-written programs or procedures or rules and associated
documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in
read/write memory
\.main memory - ANSWERS✔-holds current memory, volatile (goes away)
\.auxiliary memory - ANSWERS✔-exists once the computer turns off (hard drive)
\.input - ANSWERS✔-keyboard, mouse, etc.
\.output - ANSWERS✔-monitor, printer, etc.
\.RAM - ANSWERS✔-Random Access Memory - is the main memory, and the hard drive is the
principal
\.CPU - ANSWERS✔-(Central Processing Unit) The key component of a computer system, which
contains the circuitry necessary to interpret and execute program instructions
, \.1 bit - ANSWERS✔-smallest unit
\.4 bits - ANSWERS✔-nibble
\.8 bits - ANSWERS✔-1 byte
\.1,000 bytes - ANSWERS✔-1 KB
\.1 million bytes (1,000 kilobytes) - ANSWERS✔-1 MB
\.1 billion bytes (1,000 megabytes) - ANSWERS✔-1 GB
\.bytes in larger units are ____ - ANSWERS✔-files
\.Files are organized into ____ - ANSWERS✔-folders or directories
\.machine language - ANSWERS✔-(what the computer understands)- is a "low-level language"
which is binary (01001101)
\."high-level language" - ANSWERS✔-A programming language like Java that is designed to be
easy for humans to read and write.
\.JVM - ANSWERS✔-Java Virtual Machine, an interpreter for compiled Java bytecodes -
translates and runs the Java bytecode
