Magnetic and optical storage are currently direct competitors.

Primary storage extends the limited capacity of CPU registers.

In Windows thread scheduling, a thread’s current priority level is called its “local priority.”

Digitizing tablets and tablet PCs are examples of ____________________, a general class of input devices.

Memory devices comprised of semiconductors and other forms of RAM with long-term or permanent data retention are generically known as ____.

In virtual memory management, a ____ is a small fixed-size portion of a program, normally between 1 and 4 KB.

In a magnetic disk drive, a(n) ____________________ is mounted on the end of an access arm for each platter surface.

A ____ is a mathematical compression technique implemented as a program.

The ____ is the OS portion that manages resources and interacts directly with computer hardware.

A blocked thread is waiting for an event to occur, such as allocation of a requested resource or correction of an error condition.