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A _____ is the number of bits that can be accessed at one time by the CPU.

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_____ ports are an audio-visual port typically used to connect large monitors.

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With these systems, input and output devices are located outside the system unit.

These types of ports typically provide connections to specialized devices such as camcorders and storage devices.

How is the multicore chip useful for microcomputers?

The system unit, also known as the system chassis, is a container that houses most of the electronic components that make up a computer system.

On the motherboard, the connection points for chips are referred to as:

These specialty processors are designed to improve specific computing operations such as displaying 3-D images and encrypting data.

Graphics cards connect the system board to secondary storage.

The number of bits that can travel simultaneously down a bus is known as the bus _____.

The most widely used character encoding standard today is _____.

_____ chips allow a single computer to run two or more operations at the same time.

ASCII supports Chinese and Japanese.

_____ are effectively a thin slab that is all monitor with the system unit located behind the monitor.

64-bit processors can access 8 bytes at a time.

For multicore processors to be used effectively, computers must understand how to divide tasks into parts that can be distributed across each core - an operation called:

A 32-bit word computer can access:

Plug and Play has become a generic term that is associated with the ability to plug any device into a computer and have it play or work immediately.

Tiny circuit-boards etched onto squares of sand-like material called silicon are called:

The _____ system consists of only two digits - 0 and 1.