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1What type of storage is an SSD?Flash
2What does RAM stand for?Random Access Memory
3Draw a diagram of the 4-box model
4What does ROM stand for?Read only memory
5List 3 input devicesMouse, keyboard, touchscreen
6What does HDD Stand for and what category is it in?Hard Disk Drive and it is in magnetic
7Liam is university student and needs to take his work back and forth from uni and home what storage should he us?Flash Storage
8How is CPU speed measured?GHz or Giga Hurtz
9What does CPU stand for?Central Processing Unit
10What is cache memory used for?It is used by a CPU so instaed of going to RAM it goes there for programs that you have already opened so it can open them quicker
11What is a DVD an example of ?Optical Media
12What is the main difference between SSD and HDD?HDD has moving parts and a SSD doesn't
13Put the parts of the fetch execute cycle in order.Fetch, Decode, Execute
14Explain what virtual memo0ry is?Virtual memory is apart of the HDD and it stops your computer from crashing as when the RAM is full it stores the open programs that you aren't using.
15what does BIOS stand for?Basic Input/output System
16What is BIOS used for?It is the program that the computer uses to turn itself on with
17which is faster static or dynamic RAMStatic RAM