CS111 q2: Which of the assigned entries from the Computer Desktop Encyclopedia includes the following information-
If you bump into it, it's hardware
hardware
Languages are used to program the software
hardware
The more memory (RAM) and storage (hard and solid state disks) a computer has, the more work it can do
hardware
ARPANET become a series of high-speed links
internet
ISPs offered access to everyone
internet
User Network newsgroups
internet
email lit the fuse
internet
glued the world together for email
internet
host always online via TCP/IP providing email, Web and other services
internet
multiuser text conferencing
internet
properly spelled with an upper case i
internet
regional ISPs link into these backbones to provide lines for their subscribers
internet
spelled with a lower case i
internet
the bomb exploded with the Web
internet
AZERTY
keyboard
Butterfly
keyboard
Dvorak
keyboard
QWERTY
keyboard
converts sound waves into analogous electrical waves
microphone
shotgun and cardioid
microphone
carpal tunnel syndrome
mouse
primary pointing device
mouse
antennas replace the cables
network
transmit data between users
network
capture printed text
scanner
flatbed
scanner
maximum color depth of each pixel
scanner
rated in dots per inch
scanner
Software is run. Data are processed
software
games and DVD playback software are applications
software
series of instructions that performs a particular program
software
software is not data
software
system software runs the computer
software
converts analog audio signals
speaker
equivalent air vibrations
speaker
subwoofer
speaker
gestures from two or more fingers
touchpad
small flat surface to slide one's finger over
touchpad
Turbo Mouse
trackball
movable ball
trackball
stationary pointing device
trackball
Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefos, Edge, Safari, and Opera
web browser
primary method for accessing the World Wide Web
web browser
defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force
HTML
standard document format for Web pages
HTML
tags (codes) embedded in the text that define the page layout, fonts and hypertext links
HTML
communications protocol used to connect to Web servers
HTTP
establish a connection with the server and send HTML pages back
HTTP
stateless request/response system
HTTP
protocol used to access a secure Web server
HTTPS
session is managed by a security protocol
HTTPS
transmission encrypted to and from the Web server
HTTPS
captures and transmits images in real time
camera
RAM is a temporary workspace
computer
The computer performs all processing by calculating, comparing and copying the data in RAM
computer
general-purpose machine that processes data according to a set of instructions temporarily stored internally
computer
picture of the UNIVAC I being pushed up a ramp in 1956
computer
network typically confined to a building
LAN
optical fiber
LAN
physical transmission is handled by Ethernet
LAN
thick and thin clients
LAN
twisted pair wire
LAN
clients are user workstations
LAN
large network made up of smaller networks
LAN
Uniform Resource Locator
URL
default to the http:// prefix
URL
embedded within the pages themselves as links
URL
