For the Week ending 06/23/06
Directions: Choose the word that matches with the definition and appropriately fits into the blank space in the sentence.
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Very fast memory (generally SRAM) used often as intermediate between the CPU and the central storage, thus accelerating the system throughput.
Most PC's today have lots of _______, in order to speed up regularly used processes. |
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A database whose objects (tables, views, columns and files) reside on more than one system in a network, and can be accessed or updated from any system in the network.
Large corporations often use _______ in their multi-country networks, in order to process millions of transactions per day quickly. |
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A high-bandwidth transmission technology that uses light to carry digital information.
Verizon has begun installing _______ in small cities to provide homes with digital TV service along with high-speed broadband internet and telecommunication services. |
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File division in physically separated segments in a disk. This is due to file increase in a highly used disk, thus leading to a lack of sufficient contiguous free space.
_______ is a leading cause for hard drive failure in PC's. |
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Used essentially to define applications and technologies that manipulate text, data, images and voice full motion video objects. Typically associated with PCs, but increasingly associated with networked-based applications.
Many PC desktops and laptops today are shipped with the Microsoft Windows _______ Operating System. |