ITC 102-102L - Chapter 1 Test Review
Megahertz (MHz); Gigahertz (GHz) - answer The speed of a CPU is rated in cycles per
second, such as millions of cycles per second, called ____________ , or billions of
cycles per second, called _____________ .
Pin Grid Array (PGA); zero insertion force (ZIF) - answer In __________ architecture,
the pins are on the underside of the processor which is inserted into the motherboard
CPU socket using __________.
Zero insertion force (ZIF) - answer________ refers to the amount of force needed to
install a CPU into the motherboard socket or slot.
1. Cases and power supplies
2. Internal PC components
3. External ports and cables
4. Input and output devices - answerList the four components of the Personal Computer
System.
1. _________
2. ________
3. ________
4. ________
Charles Babbage - answer- Invention and concept of the Analytical Engine in 1837
- Because of funding issues, this computer was never built while he was alive
- In 1910, his youngest son was able to complete a portion of the machine that could
perform basic calculations
- His radical ideas and concepts of the computer are what make him the "Father of
Computing"
Henry Edward Roberts - answer- Coined the term "personal computer"
- Considered to be the father of the modern personal computers after he released of the
Altair 8800 on December 19, 1974.
Summit
Sunway TaihuLight
Sierra
Tianhe-2 (MilkyWay-2)
Al Bridging Cloud Infrastructure (ABCl)
Piz Daint
Titan
Sequoia
, Trinity
Cori - answerTop 10 fastest super computers as of June 2019
IBM Watson - answer- IBM supercomputer that combines artificial intelligence (AI) and
sophisticated analytical software for optimal performance as a "question answering"
machine
- David Ferrucci
- 2880 processor cores
- 15 TB of RAM
- 500 GB of prepossessed information
- Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings winning the first place prize of $1 million on Jeopardy in
2011
- Can do: Diagnosing cancer, Fighting cybercrime, Empowering driverless cars
Computer - answerAn electronic machine that performs calculations based on a set of
instructions
Hardware - answerPhysical equipment. It includes the case, keyboard, monitor, cables,
storage drives, speakers, and printers.
System Unit - answerCollection of hardware that are combined into a single housing
- Tower/Case
- Mother Board
- Memory
- Processor
- Power Supply
- Cooling
- Expansion
Software - answerIncludes operating systems and programs
Operating System - answerManages computer operations such as identifying,
accessing, and processing information
von Neumann architecture - answerA computer architecture based on a 1945
description by the mathematician and physicist John von Neumann
Control Unit - answerTells the computer's memory, arithmetic/logic unit and input and
output devices how to respond to the instructions that have been sent to the processor.
Case - answerThe ________ of a desktop computer houses the internal components
such as:
- the power supply
- Motherboard
- central processing unit (CPU)
- memory, disk drives, and assorted adapter cards
Megahertz (MHz); Gigahertz (GHz) - answer The speed of a CPU is rated in cycles per
second, such as millions of cycles per second, called ____________ , or billions of
cycles per second, called _____________ .
Pin Grid Array (PGA); zero insertion force (ZIF) - answer In __________ architecture,
the pins are on the underside of the processor which is inserted into the motherboard
CPU socket using __________.
Zero insertion force (ZIF) - answer________ refers to the amount of force needed to
install a CPU into the motherboard socket or slot.
1. Cases and power supplies
2. Internal PC components
3. External ports and cables
4. Input and output devices - answerList the four components of the Personal Computer
System.
1. _________
2. ________
3. ________
4. ________
Charles Babbage - answer- Invention and concept of the Analytical Engine in 1837
- Because of funding issues, this computer was never built while he was alive
- In 1910, his youngest son was able to complete a portion of the machine that could
perform basic calculations
- His radical ideas and concepts of the computer are what make him the "Father of
Computing"
Henry Edward Roberts - answer- Coined the term "personal computer"
- Considered to be the father of the modern personal computers after he released of the
Altair 8800 on December 19, 1974.
Summit
Sunway TaihuLight
Sierra
Tianhe-2 (MilkyWay-2)
Al Bridging Cloud Infrastructure (ABCl)
Piz Daint
Titan
Sequoia
, Trinity
Cori - answerTop 10 fastest super computers as of June 2019
IBM Watson - answer- IBM supercomputer that combines artificial intelligence (AI) and
sophisticated analytical software for optimal performance as a "question answering"
machine
- David Ferrucci
- 2880 processor cores
- 15 TB of RAM
- 500 GB of prepossessed information
- Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings winning the first place prize of $1 million on Jeopardy in
2011
- Can do: Diagnosing cancer, Fighting cybercrime, Empowering driverless cars
Computer - answerAn electronic machine that performs calculations based on a set of
instructions
Hardware - answerPhysical equipment. It includes the case, keyboard, monitor, cables,
storage drives, speakers, and printers.
System Unit - answerCollection of hardware that are combined into a single housing
- Tower/Case
- Mother Board
- Memory
- Processor
- Power Supply
- Cooling
- Expansion
Software - answerIncludes operating systems and programs
Operating System - answerManages computer operations such as identifying,
accessing, and processing information
von Neumann architecture - answerA computer architecture based on a 1945
description by the mathematician and physicist John von Neumann
Control Unit - answerTells the computer's memory, arithmetic/logic unit and input and
output devices how to respond to the instructions that have been sent to the processor.
Case - answerThe ________ of a desktop computer houses the internal components
such as:
- the power supply
- Motherboard
- central processing unit (CPU)
- memory, disk drives, and assorted adapter cards
