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QUIZ 1
August 22, 1997
#1-3. Give three (3) examples of languages that grew in an incremental fashion.
To answer questions 4 - 10, select a word or phrase from the following list:
- chip
- primary storage
- central processing unit
- read-only memory
- random-access memory
- motherboard
- secondary storage
- assembler
- support tools
#4. RAM.
#5. ROM.
#6. This contains the CPU, the RAM and card slots.
#7. This finds errors, archives code, speeds of programs, and helps in combining useful parts of code from various sources.
#8. This is usually a hard disk.
#9. This contains certain programs that must always be present, such as the code needed to start the computer.
#10. This is an integrated circuit, a component with a plastic or metal housing, metal connectors, and inside wiring made principally from silicon.