Chapter 1 Personal Computers

Pataasin ang iyong marka sa homework at exams ngayon gamit ang Quizwiz!

This experimental network developed by the U.S. government, scientists and others eventually became the Internet?

ARPANET

The first general-purpose commercial computer was known as the:

UNIVAC

This computer correctly predicted that Presidential candidate Eisenhower would be elected:

Univac I.

Programs such as Internet Explorer that serve as navigable windows into the Web are called:

Web browsers.

WWW means:

World Wide Web.

The software tools that enable a user to interact with a computer for specific purposes are known as:

applications.

The future could bring the emergence of ________, computer chips embedded within human bodies.

biodigital technology

Supercomputers:

contain thousands of microprocessors.

In regard to a handheld device, a docking cradle allows a user to:

establish connection between the handheld device and a computer.

Computers that once occupied full rooms, but are now approximately the size of a refrigerator, are used by large organizations and known as:

mainframe computers.

A pointing device used as a peripheral to move around the screen to point and click at objects is called a:

mouse.

Computers have changed the way humans go about their day-to-day lives. Events and ideas radically change the way people work, live, and think. This dramatic change is known as a(n):

paradigm shift.

PC stands for:

personal computer.

When a student posts a clip from a recent movie on her Web site, the ethical issue of ________ is at issue.

protecting intellectual property

Computers grew out of a human need to:

quantify.

What is a computer that provides software and other resources to computers over a network?

server

When multiple users sharing data and hardware resources need access to one application, a ________ is necessary.

server

Applications that are designed to do calculations, such as the expenses of a student or sales of a business, are known as:

spreadsheets.

A negative aspect of a laptop computer is:

the relatively high price and upgrade difficulties.


Kaugnay na mga set ng pag-aaral

Bus 121: Employee Benefits Chapter 5

View Set

Microeconomics Unit 6 - Market Failures

View Set

International Environmental Politics Final

View Set

SAP Review -MAD, Mean, Median, Mode & Range

View Set

Mizzou Poli Sci 1100 Exam 3 Horner

View Set