Computer Science Basics Flashcard 1 Period 1

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Fetches instructions from memory and executes them.

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Central Processing Unit (CPU)

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A global network of billions of computers and other electronic devices.

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Internet

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Is credited with popularizing the term "debugging" for fixing computer glitches.

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Admiral Grace Murray Hopper

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A collection of different websites that you can access through the Internet.

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World Wide Web

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A program that tells hardware what to do and how to do it.

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Software

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An algorithm is a set or series of steps used to complete a specific task.

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True

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Computers use the ____________________number system to store data and perform calculations.

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binary

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__________________ make up the code that powers much of our technology

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Programming languages

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The __________________________ is sometimes referred to as a computer's brain, and it performs the calculations needed by a computer system.

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Central Processing Unit (CPU)

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The ________________ is a printed circuit board that connects all of the computer components and lets them communicate.

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motherboard