4. Information is stored in some kind of binary format because it cant understand words. It has to be given a little bit by little bit.
5. You normally cant run Macintosh software on a PC with Intel Pentium 4 CPU because they have a different set since they are older computers. A PowerPC CPU cant decipher Intel Pelitium instructions and vice versa.
6.Another factor in determining a CPUS's processing speed is by
7. Its important that computers support both internal and external expansions because then you would be able to plug in a keyboard, a mouse and even the monitor itself. You can also put in cards called PC cards that have memory in them and you can save files onto it.
8. Symmetrical multiprocessing can increase a computers performance by giving it more room and memory, which makes them work faster. Some examples of symmetric multiprocessing is the Xbox 360 and the Play Station 3.
9. The difference between RAM and ROM is that the RAM contains information temporarily and can loose info where as ROM is the back-up to the RAM, and keeps information on it.
10. The difference between primaray and secondary storage is that the primary storage is the hard drive which is also used for the CPU. examples of hard drives: the RAM and ROM. Secondary storage is when you used flash drives, cd's, floppy disks, etc.
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