ISYS Chp 5 – Flashcards
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In computing, what is best described as where the user works?
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Primary Storage
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What does the acronym FAT mean?
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File Allocation Table
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How many bits in a byte?
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8
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What storage device is considered the slowest?
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Magnetic Tape
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A read/write head on a spinning disk is like what?
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A record player arm
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What coding scheme do mainframe computers use?
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EBCDIC
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Which storage device is a series of stacked platters?
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RAID
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What coding scheme is used by most microcomputers?
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ASCII
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What is the newer version of FAT?
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NTFS
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What is the table of contents for a disk drive?
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FAT
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What is meant by the variety of ways a computer can save data and information?
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Computer Storage
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In computing, what is best described as where the user stores their work?
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Secondary Storage
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Physical items like desks, computers, and tractors constitute what in business?
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Tangible Property
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Operating systems have their file management systems modeled after what?
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Filing Cabinets
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What is the capacity of Cloud Storage?
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Unlimited
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How many Kilobytes are in a Megabyte?
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1,024
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Name a primary storage with no physical movement that can be accessed in any order.
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RAM
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What plan is for a future business catastrophes?
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Disaster Recovery Plan
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What storage device is reel-to-reel?
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Magnetic Tape
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What coding scheme is used for Japanese and Chinese computers?
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Unicode
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What storage device is read sequentially?
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Magnetic Tape
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When data is no longer needed on a daily basis, how is it backed up?
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Archived
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What is bigger than a Yottabyte?
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Brontobyte
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What was the storage capacity of a floppy disk?
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1.44 Mg
