Computer fundamentals 1

_______is characterized by small, standalone computers powered by local software.

• Super computer

• Main frame

• Personal computer

• Servers

The _______ is a global computer network originally developed as a military project.

• Web

• Internet

• Network

The ______ is a collection of linked documents, graphics, and sounds that can be accessed over the Internet.

• Web

• Internet

• Network

The ____ represents Internet based services, such as applications and social media, that are available from computers and handheld digital devices.

• web

• cloud

• internet

In a computer, most processing takes place in a component called the ____

• RAM

• CPU

• motherboard

---is an area of a computer that temporarily holds data waiting to be processed, stored, or output.

• storage

• memory

• file

It helps the computer system monitor itself in order to function efficiently

• System

  Software

• Application Software

ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange, pronounced requires only ___bits for each character.

• 6

• 7

• 8

• 32

A _____ converts all the statements in a program in a single batch, and the resulting collection of instructions, called object code, is placed in a new file.

• Interpreter

• compiler

• translator

------ converts and executes one statement at a time while the program is running. After a statement is executed, the interpreter converts and executes the next statement, and so on

• An interpreter

• A compiler

• A translator