University:
Carnegie Mellon University
Course:
ISF 101 | Information Systems Fundamentals
Academic year:

2019
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295

Pages:

1
Author:

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Identification. 1. _________ is an electronic device, operating under the control of instructions stored in its own memory, that can accept data, process the data according to specified rules, produce results, and store the results for future use. COMPUTER 2. _________ is a collection of unprocessed items, which can include text, numbers, images, audio, and video. Information conveys meaning and is useful to people. DATA 3. Computers respond to instructions in the form of _____________. PROGRAMS 4. Programs are stored in the Computer's __________________. MEMORY 5. _________ is any form of communication that provides understandable and useful knowledge for the person receiving it. INFORMATION 6. Global company that specializes in manufacturing semiconductor devices used in computer processing. The company also produces flash memories, graphics processors, motherboard chip sets, and a variety of components used in consumer electronics goods. The company is a major supplier of microprocessors (computer chips). AMD is based in Sunnyvale, California. AMD 7. In 1996 AMD acquired a microprocessor company known as _______ and began branching out from the Intel-compatible chip market. NEXGEN 8. In _______ AMD released the Am386 microprocessor family, a reverse-engineered chip that was compatible with Intel’s next-generation 32-bit 386 microprocessor. 1991 9. In 2006 AMD absorbed _______, a manufacturer of video graphics cards for use in PCs. ATI TECHNOLOGIES 10. In 2014 the company was restructured into two parts: ________ and graphics which made processors for personal computers, and enterprise, embedded, and semi-custom, which made more-specialized processors. COMPUTING