Technical Terms - Hardware (A-Z) - Cluster

What is a cluster in computing?

• A type of computer virus

• A type of computer monitor

• A group of sectors in a storage device

• A group of connected printers

What is the smallest unit that can be accessed on a storage device?

• File

• Sector

• Byte

• Cluster

What is the common cluster size in sectors?

• 32 sectors

• 16 sectors

• 8 sectors

• 4 sectors

What happens when a hard drive begins to fill up and there are not enough contiguous clusters available?

• Data is lost

• Fragmentation occurs

• The computer crashes

• The hard drive shuts down

What is the process called when nodes in a computer cluster perform operations in tandem?

• Parallel computing

• Concurrent computing

• Sequential computing

• Serial computing

What is the purpose of small computer clusters in web and online gaming services?

• To increase latency

• To slow down the system

• To decrease performance

• To handle multiple incoming requests in parallel

What type of cluster provides low latency access to websites?

• Node cluster

• Web farm

• Web cluster

• Data cluster

What can large clusters be used for?

• To run simple calculations

• To play video games

• To browse the internet

• To perform scientific calculations

What is an example of a task that a large cluster may be used for?

• Typing documents

• Sending emails

• Applying textures and lighting effects to 3D models

• Playing music

What controls a computer cluster and manages all the computers within it?

• Hardware

• Software program

• Operating system

• Internet connection