CSCI 1301 EXAM 1-UGA QUESTIONS
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Hardware - ANS The physical components of a computer.
Software - ANS 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 - ANS holds current memory, volatile (goes away)
auxiliary memory - ANS exists once the computer turns off (hard drive)
input - ANS keyboard, mouse, etc.
output - ANS monitor, printer, etc.
RAM - ANS Random Access Memory - is the main memory, and the hard drive is the principal
CPU - ANS (Central Processing Unit) The key component of a computer system, which
contains the circuitry necessary to interpret and execute program instructions
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, 1 bit - ANS smallest unit
4 bits - ANS nibble
8 bits - ANS 1 byte
1,000 bytes - ANS 1 KB
1 million bytes (1,000 kilobytes) - ANS 1 MB
1 billion bytes (1,000 megabytes) - ANS 1 GB
bytes in larger units are ____ - ANS files
Files are organized into ____ - ANS folders or directories
machine language - ANS (what the computer understands)- is a "low-level language" which is
binary (01001101)
"high-level language" - ANS A programming language like Java that is designed to be easy for
humans to read and write.
JVM - ANS Java Virtual Machine, an interpreter for compiled Java bytecodes - translates and
runs the Java bytecode
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AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2026
Hardware - ANS The physical components of a computer.
Software - ANS 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 - ANS holds current memory, volatile (goes away)
auxiliary memory - ANS exists once the computer turns off (hard drive)
input - ANS keyboard, mouse, etc.
output - ANS monitor, printer, etc.
RAM - ANS Random Access Memory - is the main memory, and the hard drive is the principal
CPU - ANS (Central Processing Unit) The key component of a computer system, which
contains the circuitry necessary to interpret and execute program instructions
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, 1 bit - ANS smallest unit
4 bits - ANS nibble
8 bits - ANS 1 byte
1,000 bytes - ANS 1 KB
1 million bytes (1,000 kilobytes) - ANS 1 MB
1 billion bytes (1,000 megabytes) - ANS 1 GB
bytes in larger units are ____ - ANS files
Files are organized into ____ - ANS folders or directories
machine language - ANS (what the computer understands)- is a "low-level language" which is
binary (01001101)
"high-level language" - ANS A programming language like Java that is designed to be easy for
humans to read and write.
JVM - ANS Java Virtual Machine, an interpreter for compiled Java bytecodes - translates and
runs the Java bytecode
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