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Megahertz is a measurement of ____.

A) the speed of the microprocessor
B) the amount of RAM
C) RAM speed
D) cache memory

E) None of the above
F) All of the above

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____ allocate system resources, manage storage space, maintain security, detect equipment failure, and control basic input and output.

A) Database management software
B) Utilities
C) Firewalls
D) Operating systems

E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

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Christina is a salon owner in Baltimore, Maryland. She decided to create a list of all her clients in order to send them information about new promotions at the salon. She needs to purchase software to help her accomplish this. She also needs to track monthly expenses for her salon and needs software to do this as well. What type of software should Christina purchase to create and manage her collection of customer data?

A hard disk is a type of magnetic storage device.

An interface card could be plugged into an expansion slot on the main board of a computer.

An example of an output device is a ____.

Which of the following is the smallest unit of measurement?

A(n) ____________________ prevents other computers on the Internet from accessing a computer and prevents programs on a computer from accessing the Internet without the computer user's permission.

The operating system is the set of instructions that direct the computer to accomplish specific tasks such as document production and spreadsheet calculations.

Special high-speed memory reserved for the microprocessor's use is called ____.

Explain the differences between a kilobyte, a megabyte, a gigabyte, and a terabyte.

Match each term to the correct definition.

A file that tells a computer how to perform a specific task is called a(n) ____ file.

Operating systems, utilities, device drivers, and programming languages are the four types of ____________________ software.

Processing data is also referred to as ____________________ data.

RAM is often referred to as ____ memory.

A system resource is any part of the computer system, including memory, storage devices, and the microprocessor, that can be used by a computer program.

The seamless nature of OLE among some applications is referred to as ____.

The speed of a dot matrix printer is measured in ____.

Which of the following is NOT a personal computer?