AIS160 Computing Components

A system board is another name for the motherboard.

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On a personal computer, all of the processor's operations are normally on a single chip.

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Answer explanation

The personal computer uses single-chip processor.

The processing speed of a dual-core CPU is doubled as compared to a single-core processor.

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Answer explanation

The multi-core processor runs slower speed than single-chip processor, but help to increase overall performance.

Multi-core processors, on average, use less energy than separate multiple processors.

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Answer explanation

A multi-core processor is more energy-efficient, thus reducing the level of power consumption and emit less heat.

A computer's system clock keeps track of the date and time.

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Answer explanation

Real-time clock keeps track of date and time.

The back end of cloud computing is made up of servers and storage devices that manage and store the resources that users access.

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Answer explanation

The front-end of the cloud includes hardware and software that user use to interacts to access the cloud.

The digit 1 in the binary system denotes the absence of an electrical charge.

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Answer explanation

The digit 1 represents the electronic charge.

The majority of RAM is nonvolatile.

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Answer explanation

RAM is volatile. It loss its contents when power is removed from the computer.

While a programme or application is stored in nonvolatile memory, the processor interprets and executes its instructions.

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Firmware is another name for ROM chips.

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