Computer Science Vocabulary

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What is the main path for bits traveling in parallel in and out of a CPU or between major computational, storage, and device components?

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Data Bus

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How many bits are in a byte?

Back

8

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What is a statement in a language that starts or invokes a procedure or function called?

Back

Function call

Front

What does CPU stand for?

Back

Central Processing Unit

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What is a program that spends most of its time running on the CPU with a disproportionately small amount of time waiting for data from memory called?

Back

CPU-bound program

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What is memory used to speed memory access, that stores data anticipated to be used next or was just used and may be used again, called?

Back

Cache

Front

What is a circuit board that can be plugged into your computer motherboard called?

Back

An expansion card.

Front

What is the processing unit that takes streams of bits as data and instructions and executes the instructions on the data yielding more data and possibly instructions called?

Back

Central Processing Unit (CPU)

Front

What is a single letter or symbol that is represented by a small set of bytes in the computer called?

Back

Character

Front

What is an integrated electronic circuit generally with from thousands to billions of components such as transistors and capacitors that perform complex functionality such as addressable memory, CPU, I/O functions called?

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Microprocessor