ODW CHAPTERS 1-4 review

Basic input/output system

BIOS stands for

Computer-assisted translation

CAT is an acronym for:

Pointing

A mouse is known as a _____ device that is able to detect motion in relation to the surface and provides an onscreen pointer representing motion.

In the deep Web

A typical search engine will not return links to databases or documents in this repository

Business-to-consumer

Amazon.com is an example of this type of electronic commerce company

USB ports

An output device is any device that displays, prints, or plays contents stored on a computer. Identify a device that would be considered an output device

Graphical user interface

GUI is an acronym for

The number of transistors on a chip will increase in an exponential manner with corresponding increases in processing speed and memory capacity

Gordon Moore, founder of Intel, created Moore's Law, which states that

Wi-Fi

This technology is used to access the internet using radio signals and its often found in places such as hotels and airports.

Intellectual property

This term describes "inventions; literary or artistic works; and symbols, names, images, and designs used in commerce."

Hypertext

This term describes text on a web page that is linked to another page

Platform

This term describes the hardware architecture that software runs on

Metasearch

This type of search engine searches keywords across several websites at the same time

Disk cleanup

This utility searches for unnecessary files and deletes them

Serial, USB, FireWire, and IrDa

Types of ports include

Keyboard

This is a type of peripheral that is used for input

Windows

This not a company that manufactures personal computers.

Linux

This operating system is a open source program

Skype

This service allows you to make voice calls over the internet.

Programmable device that calculates, assembles, processes, and stores data

A computer known as a:

Uses symbolic representations of data in the form of code.

A digital device

Top-level domain

In the address www.google.com, the.com is referred to as the

File allocation table (FAT)

In this table, the operating system keeps track of the physical location where a document is saved on a hard drive

USB ports

One of the advantages of using a computer over a device, such as a typewriter, is that computers allow users to store information and edit and update information. Types of storage mediums include external hard drives, hard disks, optical drives except

Computer science

Protecting against computer security threats and designing ways to handle data storage are jobs done by someone who has studied

Random access memory

RAM refers to:

When different technological systems evolve towards performing similar tasks

Technological convergence is

Gigabytes

The average computers hard drive capacity for data storage is measured in

...

The four parts of the information cycle are input, processing, output and

System software

The operating system and utilities are known as

Gigahertz

The speed of a processor is measured in

Tablet or cell phone touchscreens

There are many types of input devices. Some examples of input devices are keyboard, scanners, bar code readers, and

Driver

This is a small program needed by the operating system in order to communicate with a connected device such as a printer

The semantic web

Web 3.0 is also known as

Swap file

What is the name of the file the operating system uses when it moves data from random access memory to virtual memory

E-book reader

Which of the following devices has the most limited computing functionality ?

Processor

Which of the following is not a storage medium?

iWeb

Which of the following is not a web browser?

Mac Os X

Which of the following is not an operating system designed for mobile devices

Power supply

Which of the following is not included on a motherboard

Adobe acrobat reader

You will need to install this software in your computer in order to view a fire saved in PDF

Linux

____ is an operating system that is available in both a free version and in flavors that you can purchase

Information

_____ consists of raw facts that have been processed, organized, structured, or presented in a meaningful way.

Data

_____ it's raw facts or statistics.