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- 1Name an example of a peripheral deviceKeyboards, Scanners, Mice and Printers
- 2What is an input device?A device that is used to input data
- 3Name an example of an embedded system in a car-Air conditioning
- Heated seats
- Radio
-GPS
-Parking sensor - 4Is RAM volatile or non- volatile?Volatile
- 5State two ways that computers are used in medicine- Robotic or remote surgery
- Record keeping - 6What is cache memory?A smaller, faster memory which stores copies of the data from frequently used main memory locations.
- 7Give an example of flash memory-SD card
USB stick - 8What is virtual memory?Memory that isn't actually there but if the process is managed well it will look like there is unlimited RAM.
- 9What is BIOSBasic Input Output System
- 10What is the purpose of software testing?to uncover errors
- 11name the three types of gates-AND
- OR
- NOT - 12What is meant by 3 MHz3 megahertz means 3 million instructions per second
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