Review Questions

3) The computer will read the number 123.4 as ahuge set of 0's and 1's.

4) Computers can only read the numbers 0 and 1 so the actual text/numbers are translated so the computer can read it.

5) Each is read differently, so not two different softwares can be read the same by one CPU.

6) Architecture can also limit it.

7) Internal Expansion: When the information is already in the computer.
External Expansion: When the information comes from outside of the computer (with either a USB drive or something like it).

8) Multiprocessing is putting multiple CPU's on one single chip.

9) RAM: Random Access Memory is memory that is already built in (to the computer) and no matter how many times the computer shuts down and restarts, it's still there.
ROM: Read Only Memory is memory that is very temporary. It is saved temporarily on the computer, but once the computer is shut down, it is no longer saved.

10) Primary Storage: Things stored into the computer.
Secondary Storage: Things that are stored on something outside of the computer (other than on a computer but can be taken out of and brought into a computer) such as a USB drive, a disk, a hard drive, etc.