AP Comp Sci Final Review Flashcard #1

Front

Define the term 'random access memory'.

Back

A computer’s short-term memory that requires electricity to retain information (RAM).

Front

True or False: RAM is used to load and execute applications, like your email, and to respond to commands such as print.

Back

True

Front

DRAM is made up of what components?

Back

Capacitors and transistors

Front

What is a 'solid-state drive'?

Back

Internal secondary storage using chips and no moving parts (SDD)

Front

What is the main difference between a hard disk drive (HDD) and a solid-state drive (SSD)?

Back

HDDs have moving parts, SSDs do not.

Front

Fill in the blank: The central processing unit is known as the ______ of the computer (CPU).

Back

brain

Front

Fill in the blank: To interleave means to alternate between two different ______.

Back

processes

Front

Fill in the blank: A process is an activity performed by the central processing unit that converts input into ______.

Back

output

Front

Fill in the blank: In concurrent processing, threads can communicate via shared memory, whereby they synchronize with each other as both are changing stored values in the memory they ______.

Back

share

Front

Concurrent processing involves: Executing multiple processes simultaneously

Back

Executing multiple processes simultaneously