computer quiz 3

1. 1.What does CPU stand for?

2.When was the first microprocessor introduced?

3.Out of what material are computer chips made?

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4.The width of the smallest wire on a computer chip is typically measured in:

5.To what do buses and lines connect in a computer chip?

6.What does ROM stand for?

7. 7. On a PC, what do the BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) instructions do?

8. Computer chip designers create language instructions that the microprocessor reads. What part of the computer can translate the words from the instructions into bit patterns the chip can understand?

9. 9. About how much address space can a 64-bit microprocessor access?

10.The Intel 8086 processor, introduced in 1978, included what important advance?