Automated Teller Machines

question 133

Multiple Choice

Automated teller machines

• A)are more costly to use than human tellers,so banks discourage their use by charging more for use of ATMs.
• B)cost about the same to use as human tellers in banks,so banks discourage their use by charging more for use of ATMs.
• C)cost less than human tellers,so banks may encourage their use by charging less for using ATMs.
• D)cost nothing to use,so banks provide their services free of charge.

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RAID

Redundant Array of Independent Disks, a data storage virtualization technology that combines multiple physical disk drive components into one or more logical units for redundancy or performance improvement.

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Hard Drive

A sealed data storage medium on which information is stored. Also called a hard disk.

Virtual Memory

A method of simulating extra memory by using the hard disk space as if it were RAM.