Computer Questions

The computers microprocessor speed depends on all the factors like clock speed, bandwidth and the number of instructions it processes.

Data types are used for declaration of variables in computer programming languages. These determine the type and size of data associated with variables.

Data types examples - int, char, float, etc...

char datatype is the least storage data type with 1 byte.

int with 2 or 4 bytes.

float with 4 bytes

double with 8 bytes.

Memory refresh is the process of periodically reading information from an area of computer memory and immediately rewriting the read information to the same area without modification, for the purpose of preserving the information.

Memory refresh is a background maintenance process required during the operation of semiconductor dynamic random-access memory (DRAM), the most widely used type of computer memory.

CPU speed is measured with the processors speed which is measured in MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second), Flops (Floating-point operations per second) and CPU clock speed (usually measured in gigahertz). 

A computer has two types of memory.

1. Non-volatile and

2. Volatile.

Volatile memory is computer memory that requires power to maintain the stored information.

* It is a temporary memeory which cannot contain information permanently.

Example :: RAM or Random Access Memory

Non-volatile memory is computer memory that can retain the stored information even when not powered.

* It is a permanent memory in which data is stored in permanently.

Examples :: Hard disc, ROM, Floppy discs, Magnetic tape,...

A data series which is represented in rows or columns or both in a excel work sheet is a collection of the related data.