Ben Is Writing a Paper for His College History Class

question 63

Essay

Ben is writing a paper for his college history class, and he wants to include some information he found on a Web site. What are some things he needs to keep in mind when he is using a Web site as a source?

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Definitions:

Fault Tolerance

The capability to continue functioning after a hardware or software failure. An example of fault tolerance with hard drives is RAID configurations.

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.

Motherboard RAM

Refers to the Random Access Memory slots situated on the motherboard where memory modules are inserted to provide the system's working memory.