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It is a volatile memory, which means that the contents are erased when the computer is powered off

• HDD

• Chips

• RAM

• ROM

These chips retain their contents even when the computer is powered down. The contents cannot be erased or changed by normal means.

• HDD

• Chips

• RAM

• ROM

These are designed to alleviate this bottleneck by making the data used most often by the CPU instantly available.  

• Caches and Registers

• Cash

• Chips

• Register

It is a magnetic storage device that is installed inside the computer.

• CD

• Flash drive

• Hard drive

• RAM

  It is a storage device that uses lasers to read data on the optical media.

• Flash drive

• Hard drive

• CD drive

• Optical drive

It also known as a thumb drive, is a removable storage device that connects to a USB port

• Flash drive

• Hard drive

• CD drive

• Optical drive

It is an early drive controller interface that connects computers and hard disk drives.

• Cable

• IDE

• SATA

• SCSI

What do you call the most basic unit of digital storage?

• bit

• binary digits

• digits

• byte

It is an abbreviation of binary digit and represents the smallest piece of data.

• bit

• binary digits

• digits

• byte

How many bytes are there in 1 kilobyte?

• 24 bytes

• 224 bytes    

• 124 bytes    

• 1024 bytes