What Is an Input Device

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Multiple Choice

What is an input device?

• A) The actual hardware that interprets and executes the program (software) instructions and coordinates how all the other hardware devices work together
• B) The computer's main memory, which consists of the random access memory (RAM), cache memory, and the read-only memory (ROM) that is directly accessible to the central processing unit (CPU)
• C) Equipment designed to store large volumes of data for long-term storage
• D) Equipment used to capture information and commands

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Definitions:

Trailing Zeroes

Numeric figures that appear at the end of a decimal number after the decimal point without altering its value, often highlighted in guidelines to avoid in medication dosages to prevent dosing errors.

Cancellation

In the context of pharmacy or medicine, it might refer to the process of discontinuing a prescribed medication or therapy.

Sum

The outcome of combining two or more numbers or quantities.

Cancellation

In mathematics, the process of simplifying expressions by eliminating factors or terms that are common to both the numerator and the denominator.