Starting in the 1950s, to reduce the discrepancy in speed between the I/O and the CPU, an interface called the ____ was placed between them to act as a buffer.

A. control unit
B. scheduler
C. holder
D. buffer manager


Answer: A

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What will be an ideal response?

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a. MD5 b. Crypt c. SSL d. SHA1

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One convention used for naming identifiers is called Pascal case.  This convention requires that ____.

A. the first letter be lowercase with the first letter of each subsequent word capitalized B. all letters appear in uppercase characters C. the first letter be uppercase with the first letter of each subsequent word capitalized D. all letters appear in lowercase with words separated by an underscore

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