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Dolby Digital 7.1 requires a total of eight speakers.

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________ is the type of RAM memory used most often in today's computers.

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DDR3 double data rate 3 DDR3 memory modules double data rate 3 memory modules

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A stoppage of the hard drive that often results in data loss is called a(n)________.

Match each of the following subsystems to the term used by or function of that subsystem:

Some of the cache memory of a CPU is ________.

A ________ enables the computer to drive the speaker system.

RAM is an example of ________ storage.

________ drives are 100 times faster than mechanical hard drives.

________ drives run with no noise and very little heat, and require very little power.

The CPU consists of which two parts?

The rule of thumb that predicts that the number of transistors on a CPU will double every 2 years is called ________ Law.

The CPU is located on the ________.

When using multiple monitors, you must have multiple video cards.

Optical discs store data using tiny pits and lands.

Hard drives have been growing in storage capacity by about 50% each year.

The heads of a hard disk drive touch the surface of the platter to read or write the data.

A(n)________ moves over the spinning platters to retrieve data from the hard disk.

________ improves disk writing performance because data is written across two drives.

Cache memory is a form of ROM.

________ automatically duplicates your data and saves it on two identical drives.