Match the Term on the Left to Its Corresponding Definition

question 96

Multiple Choice

Match the term on the left to its corresponding definition on the right.
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• A)printer, scanner, or mouse, for example
• B)low-energy, battery powered memory
• C)memory chips on small circuit boards
• D)similar to RAM but nonvolatile
• E)unchangeable information that serves as reference material for the CPU
• F)socket on the outside of the computer
• G)contained on the CPU to perform a variety of simple tasks
• H)adds an additional feature to a computer system
• I)area in the computer box for disk drives or other devices
• J)wires that move data from one component to another
• K)temporary storage area

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Definitions:

Variance

A statistical measure of the dispersion of data points in a dataset, quantifying how far each data point lies from the mean.

Sum of Squared Deviations

The total of the squared differences between each observation and the mean of a dataset.

Standard Deviation

An indicator used to assess the degree to which data points diverge or scatter around the average value.

Range

The difference between the highest and lowest values in a dataset, showing the spread of the data.