Flashcards
Phoebe Washington
Cards in this deck (6)
- 1What does RAM stand for?Random Access Memory
- 2What does SSD stand for?Solid State Drive
- 3Definition of CPUThe purpose of the CPU is to process data. It fetches, decodes and executes the instructions from the main memory which is RAM.
- 4What does clock speed mean?The rate at which instructions are carried out. It is measured in Hz, which is the number of times a clock ticks per second.
- 5What is Virtual Memory?memory that appears to exist as main storage although most of it is supported by data held in secondary storage, transfer between the two being made automatically as required.
- 6What does ROM stand for?Read Only Memory