At the beginning of this chapter we stated that volatile read?only memory was an oxymoron. However, there is one application where a volatile read?only memory might be very beneficial under certain conditions. Can you think what these applications might be?

What will be an ideal response?


“This tape will self?destruct in five seconds” is what they said on Mission: Impossible. There are circumstances when stored data needs to be permanently deleted; for example, medical records that are no longer needed. You can’t simply throw the memory device containing private or secret data in the trash can. However, an
electronic means of permanently removing stored non?volatile data would be a good idea in secure applications.

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A. copies B. cuts C. pastes D. deletes

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The ____ Tool repairs imperfections in a selected area of an image by copying a sample or pattern from another part of an image. This tool is commonly used for larger areas and does not allow brush size selection.

a. Burn b. Dodge c. Sponge d. Patch

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All of the following are information fields about the signer that can be added to the Signature Setup dialog box, EXCEPT the:

A) signer's address. B) signer's name. C) signer's title. D) signer's e-mail address.

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A program that uses thepowandsqrtfunctions requires the#include directive.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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