Question 1: A typical published page consists of approximately forty lines at seventy-five characters per line.
a. How many published pages of 16-bit Unicode text would fit on a typical 600MB CD-ROM? 325,000 pages
b. How many published pages of text would fit on a netbook computer with an 80 GB flash memory? Tons!
Question 2: Describe the steps that occur when a system receives multiple interrupts.
Question 3: Carefully explain the purpose of a bus interface.
Question 4. What are the trade-offs in using a serial bus versus a parallel bus to move data from one place to another?