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| 3. A specialized piece of hardware called the ___________ predicts what data will be needed and makes it available in cache before it is needed. |
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| cache controller (page 53) |
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| 4. The most recent graphical Microsoft Windows family of server operating systems is the ____________ family. |
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| 5. The __________ bus is used to keep the CPU informed of the status of resources and devices connected to the computer. |
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| 6. Hyper-threading (HT) technology enables two separate processors to appear to the operating system as a single processor. |
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| 7. The first widely used personal computer CPU was manufactured by Intel, and its model number was ____________. |
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| 8. In Windows 95, Microsoft introduced a way to add hardware to a computer in a much easier way than had been available before. This feature is called ___________. |
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| 9. A virtual private network (VPN) is ________________ |
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| 12. Windows 2000 resolved some of the security problems in Windows NT by not turning on any of the services by default. |
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| 13. Unix versions adhere to one of the two main design standards which are the _________ or the ___________ . |
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System V Release 4 (SVR4)
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| 14. .The X Window type GUI interface in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 is called ____________. |
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| 16. One benchmark of the speed of a CPU is the number of instructions it can perform with each clock cycle. How many clock cycles does a 3.06 GHz computer have? |
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| 17. What version of the Mac OS provides personal video conferencing where one can have video conversations with another Mac in full screen video? |
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on a Tablet PC (as listed on Quiz)
Windows XP Tablet PC Edition (page 79) |
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| 20. The latest generation of the PowerPC processor is called the __________. |
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| 21. The Intel Itanium processor family is built on what architecture? |
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| The RISC-based EPIC processor (as listed on Quiz) (page 58) |
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| the type and number of CPUs, the bus types installed, and the supporting logic chips and peripherals. |
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| design type, speed, cache, address bus, data bus, control bus, and CPU scheduling. |
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| internal clock and external clock |
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| one-half, one-third, one-fourth, or one-eighth |
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| address bus, data bus, control bus |
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| Beginning with the Windows NT operating system, the use of CPU scheduling algorithms began to allow multithreading, which is |
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| Motorola has carved a niche in the |
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| Macintosh, UNIX, and embedded computer markets. |
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| Cisco, and are used extensively in real-time computing environments. |
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| ________________ processors are also popular RISC CUPs, the former being used in Sun Solaris environments and the latter, developed by DEC (now owned by HP), is both a popular Unix processor and high-end PC server processor. |
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| a new GUI, plug and play, ActiveX and COM, the registry, better multitasking, and enhanced networking and Internet capabilities. |
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| The _____________ features make interaction between user and application and communication between applications much easier for developers. |
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| Component Object Model (COM) and ActiveX controls |
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| Windows 98 provided important upgrades in the areas of |
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| PnP, USB support, better multitasking, better multimedia support, better support for laptops in the form of power management, and better Internet integration. |
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| true 32-bit architecture, full pre-emptive multitasking, advanced networking features, multithreading, and symmetric multiprocessing. |
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| Although there are two versions of Windows NT: Workstation and Server; both enjoy the same stable code base. NT server adds functionality for a |
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| client/server environment such as centralized user management, fault tolerance, and increased support for simultaneous users and remote access. |
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| VPNs, Active Directory, Distributed Network Architecture, Kerberos Security, IntelliMirror, power management, and International Language Compatibility. |
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| Professional is designed for desktop and laptop use and supports up to ____ processors while server is designed as a network server and supports up to CPUs (in the Advanced version) |
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| The Active Directory concept brings centralized management in a Windows environment to a new level. Active Directory is a _____________ database that provides advanced computer and user management for networks up the many thousands of computers. |
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Windows Datacenter Server supports up to 32 processors and 64GB of RAM and supports the advanced feature of server clustering, compared to Windows 2000 Server, which supports up to 4 processors and 4GB of RAM. Each server version has its place in an organization, but Windows 2000 Server will probably make up 90% of all of the Windows 2000 Server implementations |
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| Windows Server 2003 is really only a minor upgrade from Windows 2000. The same three versions exist but some of the versions have been renamed: |
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| Server is now Standard Edition, Advanced Server is now Enterprise Edition, and Datacenter Server is now Datacenter Edition. A new version, Web Edition has been added and is targeted at obvious applications. |
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| Windows Server 2003 important new features exist: |
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| faster logon, better manageability through group policies, 64-bit Itanium processor compatibility, enhanced remote management, better multi-user capabilities, and new code to support Microsoft’s .NET initiative. |
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| is a true multitasking and multi-user operating system and was built that way from the ground up using the concept of a shell, which is a command-line user interface. While several shells are available, they all work basically the same, just as different |
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| The differences in the way a Mac boots compared to a Windows operating system are: |
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| Because the graphical features of a Mac or built into the BIOS, graphics are a standard part of a Macintosh computer whereas graphics only run after Windows has been loaded since the PC BIOS contains no graphics routines |
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| While multitasking on a Mac became standard in version 8.0, peer-to-peer networking has been a standard feature of the Mac OS since the beginning. ___________is the protocol used by the Mac and a variation of it, LocalTalk was an innovation Apple used to |
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| The X in Mac OS X means 10. Not only does this version of Mac OS have a jazzy new interface called _________, it also has some very Window-esque like features such as Shut Down, Log Out, Recent Items, and so forth. The latest version is 10.3 Panther. |
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| Perhaps most significant about Mac OS X is that it is designed around the ____operating system. ____is at its core and this may make the Mac (previously unfriendly to would-be developers) a more attractive development environment. |
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| _______ chose to develop a file server rather than a disk server |
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