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Cse Computer Science Engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. ...
E- commerce
RFID
single user/multitasking operating system allows a single user to work on two or more programs that reside in memory at the same time
e- learning
2. A communications device that can convert digital signals to analog signals and analog signals to digital signals so data can travel along an analog telephone line. In the form of an adapter card you insert in an expansion slot on motherboard.
analog
Dial up modems
telemedicine
SIMM
3. Major carriers of network traffic
device dependant
Firewall
E- retail
Internet Backbone
4. Internet Service Provider- a regional or national access provider
adware
Domain name system
token ring
ISP
5. Used to gain competitive advantage
hot spot
corporate spies
formatting
Web Application
6. Accepts the transmission of data - instructions - or info
IP address
recieving device
RAID
TCP/IP
7. Unencrypted readable data
hot plugging
network
DRAM
plaintext
8. A utility that reorgnizes the files and unused space on a computers hard disk so that the operating system accesses data quickly and programs run faster
CMOS
telesurgery
disk fragmenter
driver
9. Smaller than heat sink cools processors in notebook comps
VR world
heat pipe
cyberextortionist
Output
10. Allows the processor to communicate with peripherals.
hypertext
freeware...
expansion bus
Fiber to the Premises
11. A family member on a computer
Home user
crimeware
CU
GPU
12. Graphical User interface - interact with software using text - graphics - and icons
GUI
adware
software suite
Desktop Computer
13. The number of bits in an area on a storage medium - Higher density means more storage capacity
density
ROM
Memory
multi- core processor
14. Provides a means of sharing distributing and searching through documents by converting them unti a format that can be viewed by any user.
wireless modem
System Unit
digital
document management software...
15. A server that you connect to to start a chat session.
OCR
preemptive multitasking
certificate authority
chat client
16. When turning on a computer that has been turned off completly
Firewall
ROM
hot spot
cold boot
17. A program that restricts access to certain material on the web
fixed wireless
web filter
chat client
wireless Internet service provider
18. Federally funded internet security research and development center
ROM
network card
CERT/CC
fixed wireless
19. Can be peropheral or chip - creates sound from digital instructions.
Storage Media
Laser printer
bit
synthesizer
20. The code of acceptable behaviors users should follow while on the internet.
liquid flow technology
client
Netiquette
density
21. Shrinks file sizes - lossy-you will be able to restore the file to its exact original state - lossless - compressed file can be returned to its original state
rootkit
File compression utility
broadband internet service
MICR
22. A case that contains the electronic components of the computer that are used to process data. (connected to motherboard)
honeypot
SIMM
System Unit
downloading
23. Mathematical formula that generates a code from the contents of the message
undervoltage
tactile output
hash
Top level domain
24. Other computers and mobile devices on the networ that rely on the server for its resources
LAN
BIOS
memory slots
client
25. Characteristics include capacity - platters - read/write heads - cylinders - sectors and tracks - rpm - transfer rate - and access time
hard disk
proprietary software...
superscalar
crimeware
26. Programs designed to make users more productive and assist them with personal tasks. (Web browser)
Application software...
warm boot
video card
solid state drive
27. A computer that delivers requested web pages to your computer
Dial up modems
backside bus
Web Server
download
28. A motion sensing mouse - allows you to control objects by moving the mouse in predetermined directions through air
Dedicated line
Plug and Play
air mouse
L2 cache
29. Device that connects to the system unit and is controlled by the processor in the computer. (modem - disk drives - printers)
peripheral
spyware
RIMM
pointing stick
30. World wide web consortium oversees research and sets standards for many areas of the internet
thread
undervoltage
network topology
W3C
31. The process of dividing the disk into tracks and sectors
document management software...
formatting
spooling
RSS 2.0
32. Computer aided manufacturing refers ti the use of computers to assist with manufacturing process.
CAM
embedded computer
CERT/CC
Mobile Device
33. Transmits data via infared light waves.. Both computer and device must have the port for it to work
application software...
IrDA Port
Hot spots
Latency
34. Consumer consumer e commerce.
peripheral
network topology
superscalar
online auction
35. A segment in memory in which items are placed while waiting to be transferred from an input device or to an output device
stored program concept
adapter card
Dial- up access
buffer
36. Acts as an electronic switch that opens or closes the circuit for electrical charges
system bus
GPU
transistor
star network
37. Controls timing of all computer operations
system clock
ALU
warm boot
Web Server
38. Web site that allows users to access and interact with software from any computer or device that is connected to the Internet
virus signature
Web Application
E- commerce
DSL modem
39. Combines several GIF images ina single GIF file.
animated Gif...
proxy server
Top level domain
adapter card
40. Device with a monitor - keyboard - and memory
SIMM
system software...
streaming cam
Terminal
41. Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart.
density
multifunction peripheral
CAPTCHA
volatile memory
42. A real time internet communications service where you can talk to people online.
IM
message board
VR world
register
43. Consists of electronic components that store instructions waiting to be executed (On motherboard)
Memory
keygen
turnaround document
PNG
44. Provids mobile users with a secure connection to the company server as if the user has a private line.
online security service
integrated circuit
virtual provate network
Communications device
45. Program that euns only on a specific type or make of computer
device dependant
client/server
adapter cards
expansion slot
46. Designed for mobile devices
microbrowser
Processor
IP address
jewel box
47. Uses radio waves to transmit data between two devices.
jewel box
Bluetooth
virus
buffer
48. A vulnerable computer that is set up to entice an intruder to break into it.
image processing
Hot spots
broadband internet service
honeypot
49. Electronic funds transfer allows users connected to a network to transfer money from one bank account to another via transmission media
PIM
shareware...
EFT
product activation
50. CPU. Interprets and carries out basic instructions that operate the computer. (On motherboard)
CAPTCHA
application software...
OMR
Processor