Chapters 1
The ____ is the part of the microprocessor that performs arithmetic operations
ALU
The type of code that uses only 7 bits for each character is ____.
ASCII
Digital devices can use ____ as a code to represent character data.
ASCII, Extended ASCII, EBCDIC
____ tools that disguise a person's identity online.
Anonymizer
In a computer most processing takes place in ____.
CPU
____ are where people exchange typed messages in real-time.
Chat groups
____ is a term that refers to entities that exist largely within computer networks
Cyberspace
____ is the process of converting text, numbers, sound, photos, and video into data that can be processed by digital devices.
Digitizing
A term which refers to a skilled programmer or to a person who manipulates computers with malicious intent
Hacker, cracker
____ provides a space for interacting with friends.
Social networks
The ____ is a collection of linked documents, graphics, and sounds.
Web
The type of data that is represented using an infinite scale of values is ____.
analog
A set of computer programs that helps a person carry out a task is a/an ____.
application software
A global computer network originally developed as a military project is the ____.
internet
A(n) ____ converts and executes one statement at a time.
interpeter
Initially sales were slow for the personal computer because of ____.
lack of software
____ can be directly executed by the processors's circuitry.
machine language
One million bytes is a ____.
megabyte
A group of computers linked by wired or wireless technology is a ____.
network
The ____ is a command word for an operation such as add, compare or jump.
op code
The master controller for all activities that take place within a computer is ____.
operating system
A ____ is a microprocessor-based computing device.
personal computer
The human-readable version of a program is called ____.
source code
A computer is a multiple purpose device that ____.
stores data, processes data, accepts input
The ____ houses all essential chips and provides connecting circuitry between them.
system board
A set of computer programs that helps a computer monitor itself and function more efficiently is a/an ____.
system software
Factors in making electronic devices increasingly smaller and less expensive include ____.
transistors, integrated circuits
A ____ is a series of characters that becomes a person's unique identifier
user ID
In 1982, the percentages of households that had a computer was ____ percent.
10
A ____ uses password-cracking software
brute force attack
A great example of convergence in modern technology is ____.
cell phone
First digital computers were built during World War II for ____.
code breaking, missle trajectories
A ____ converts all the statements in a program in a single batch and the resulting collection of instructions is placed in a new file.
compiler