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Cse Computer Science Engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Software that helps groups of people work together on projects and share info over a network
File compression utility
groupware...
superscalar
Hot spots
2. A server that you connect to to start a chat session.
chat client
Information system
SMTP
connector
3. Controls access to hardware - software - and other resources on the network and provides a central storage area for programs - data - and info.
server
parallel processing
ISP
digital signature
4. Small capacity built directly in the processor chip
L1 cache
DSL
plaintext
VoIP
5. The code of acceptable behaviors users should follow while on the internet.
telemedicine
dialog box
Netiquette
downloading
6. A segment in memory in which items are placed while waiting to be transferred from an input device or to an output device
VR
ghosting
buffer
botnets
7. Data that has been processed in a useful form- text - graphics - audio - video
terminal
Output
ARPA
system bus
8. Allows users to keep typing without using enter at the end of each line
BIOS
spyware
ciphertext
wordwrap
9. They consist entirely of electronic components and contain no moving parts.
WAN
streaming
solid state media
bugs
10. A family member on a computer
dialog box
Bay
dot matrix printer
Home user
11. Magentic ink character recognition devices read text printed with magnetized ink. Readers read numbers at the bottom of the checks
ciphertext
video card
downloading
MICR
12. When turning on a computer that has been turned off completly
noise
multi- core processor
E- retail
cold boot
13. Application software that assists oeioke in becoming more effective and efficient while performing their daily business activities.
RIMM
mpeg
business software...
Operating system
14. Has the illusion of moving images becuase it sends a continuos stream of images
Netbook
DSL modem
streaming cam
Processor
15. A window that provides info - presents availabe options - or requests a response.
dialog box
cluster
expansion slot
neural network
16. Computer automatically can configure adapter cards and other peripherals as you install them
server
synthesizer
adware
Plug and Play
17. Central communications device that allows computers and devices to transfer data wirelessly among themselves or to transfer data wirelessly to a wired network.
wireless access point
utility programs
network standard
project management software...
18. Type of notebook comp that is smaller and less powerful than a normal notebook comp
air mouse
Netbook
ALU
certificate authority
19. Moving pictures experts group is a popular video compression standard
mpeg
NAS
botnets
Plug and Play
20. Transmits data via infared light waves.. Both computer and device must have the port for it to work
IrDA Port
TLS
L1 cache
DTP
21. Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart.
CAPTCHA
system bus
unethical employees
biometrics
22. They can execute more than one instruction per clock cycle
superscalar
unethical employees
byte
E- retail
23. A rectangular opeining that typically holds disk drives.
token ring
application software...
Drive Bay
CMOS
24. A program that hides in a computer and allows someone from a remote location to take control of the computer
access control
access time
rootkit
chasis...
25. Graphical User interface - interact with software using text - graphics - and icons
GUI
digital forensics
address
animated Gif...
26. Application software that allows users to access and view Web Pages (Intenet Explorer - Firefox - Safari)
Web Browser
memory module
sound card
bandwidth
27. A server outside the organizations network that controls which communications pass into the organizations network. Screens incoming and outgoing messages
MAN
proxy server
CU
payload
28. The number of bits in an area on a storage medium - Higher density means more storage capacity
system bus
digital certificate
density
Web Server
29. The combination of text - numbers - graphics - animation - sound effects - music - and other media in hyperlinked documents.
WAN
program
capacity
hypermedia
30. Faster growing operating system that includes free programming languages and utility programs - multipurpose operating system
Home user
noise
Linux
device independent
31. Type of system software that allows a user to perform maintenance- type tasks usually related to managing a computer - its devices - or its programs. (transfer photos to an optical disk.
Drive Bay
utility program
cluster
adapter card
32. The fastest most powerful computer
SIMM
bugs
supercomputer
POP3
33. Facilitates communications - shares hardware - sharing data and info - sharing software - trasnferring funds -
Content Aggregator
MICR
network
message board
34. A large expensive powerful computer that can handle hundreds or thousnads of connected users simutaneously
Mainframe
newsreader
Denial of Service attack
MMS
35. Network attached storage is a server connected to a network with the sole purpose of providing storage. often use RAID configuration
NAS
liquid flow technology
POP3
e- learning
36. A type of always on connection that is established between two communications devices. better than dial up line
Dedicated line
message board
firmware...
Storage Device
37. Amercian Standad code for information interchange - is the most widely used coding scheme to represent data
client/server
image processing
VR world
ASCII
38. Smallest element in an electronic image
DRAM
LAN
pixel
memory module
39. Optical mark recognition reads hand drawn marks such as circles or rectangles.
backside bus
density
OMR
Dial- up access
40. Loses its contents when power is turned off (RAM)
volatile memory
Application software...
buffer
BIOS
41. When online meetings take place on the web
RSS 2.0
Web conference
phishing
trackball
42. Power on self test to check the various system components and the results are compared with data in a CMOS chip
System Software...
POST
optical mouse
cyberterrorist
43. DoS attack is an assult whose purpose is to disrupt computer access to an Internet service such as the Web or email
Domain name system
address
solid state drive
Denial of Service attack
44. Controls timing of all computer operations
system clock
mpeg
Dedicated line
telemedicine
45. The core of the operating system that manages memory and devices - maintains the computer clock - starts programs - and assigns the computers resources such as devices and data. Memory resident
network topology
RSS 2.0
ALU
kernal
46. A single copper wire surrounded by at least three layers - insulting material - woven material - plastic outer coating - often used by cable television
MAN
Top level domain
audit trail
coaxial cable
47. Copies itself repeatedly in memory using up system resources and possibly shutting down the system
PIM
SMTP
integrated circuit
worm
48. Processor begins to fetch a second instruction before it completes the full machine cycle
touchpad
network
pipelining
device dependant
49. Latest version of Post office Protocol
rootkit
wordwrap
noise
POP3
50. Extends the capabilites of a browser.
plug- in
hot plugging
FireWire port
CAPTCHA