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