created: 05/15/2015; edited 02/19/25
Instructions: This is a fill-in-the-blank exercise. Each question consists of a sentence with one or two words left out. For each question, think of the word or phrase that should fill each blank, then click on the blanks to see if you are correct.
1. Software consists of both and
2. The is the main circuit board of a computer.
3. A modern processor may contain of transistors, although early processors contained only a few transistors.
4. is the memory most closely connected to the processor.
5. is the memory used for long-term mass storage of programs and data.
6. Memory that looses information when power is removed is called .
7. An device is used to bring data into a computer system.
8. An is a computer system that is part of a larger machine and which controls how that machine operates.
9. is the process of starting up the operating system of a computer when power is first applied.
10. The consists of many networks that have been connected together to form one huge worldwide network.
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