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IT Literacy
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1. 1) Save labor costs (work all the time - no breaks/vacations); 2) improve quality and increase production (esp. in repetitive tasks); 3) ideal for dangerous/impossible jobs for humans
Advantages of Robots (3)
header
Virtual Reality (VR)
Intranet
2. Professionally designed - empty documents that can be adapted to specific user needs. In spreadsheet software - worksheets that contain labels and formulas but no data values. The template produces instant answers when you fill in the blanks.
Information
IP address
Template
ROM
3. Software used as an introductory - teaching or transitional tool for user tasks
Cookies
'what if?' questions
Public Domain Software
Training software
4. ~Advantages 1)Share data - increase productivity 2)Share hardware - reduce costs 3)Allow people to work together/communicate ~Disadvantages 1)Easier spread of viruses 2)Privacy issues - especially access levels not set 3)Integrity of data - when shar
footer
MB
typeface
Networks: + / ?
5. An external device (i.e. keyboard - monitor) connected via cable to the system central processing unit (CPU)
Booting
Biometrics
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
Peripheral
6. An online meeting between 2 or more people; done in 'real time' (ex: IM [instant messaging])
Domains
Pattern recognition
Teleconference
WWW (world wide web)
7. Documentation file that appears onscreen at the user's request
Software License
TB
Help file
LAN
8. The spacing between letter pairs in a document.
Digital television
Advantages of Robots (3)
Kerning
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
9. A communications protocol that enables users to download files from remote servers to their computers - and to upload files they want to share from their computers to these archives.
Encryption
ASCII
FTP (file transfer protocol)
Template
10. 1) creative; 2) parallel processing (multitasking); 3) image analysis; 4) common sense knowledge; 5) see relationships between concepts; 6) knowledge base is vast - not narrow; 7) translation of languages (idioms); 8) expression/interpretation of emo
Humans > Computers (8)
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
Inference engine
Painting Software
11. Gigabyte; Approximately 1000 MB
Trojan Horse
Newsgroups
GB
Virtual Reality (VR)
12. In desktop publishing - software used to combine various source documents into coherent - visually appealing publication (e.g. Adobe InDesign).
Storage Devices
HTML (hypertext markup language)
Page-Layout Software
Peripheral
13. The illegal duplication of copyrighted software
Software Piracy
Biometrics
Bar Code Reader
formula
14. Uninterruptable Power Supply; A hardware device that protects computers from data loss during power failures
Feedback Loop
Help file
Operating System Advantages
UPS
15. An undocumented way of gaining access to a program - online service - or entire computer system - written by a programmer who created the code; Can be a security hazard because it is vulnerable to hackers
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
Advantages of digital television (3)
Backdoor
Rules of Thumb for DTP
16. 1) vulnerable to network glitches and machine failures; 2) vulnerable to security breech; 3) filters out human component of communication (ex: eye contact; voice)
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
Responsibilities of System Admin
Expert system
17. A program designed to attack in response to a particular logical even or sequence of events. A type of software sabotage.
Color Depth
Logic Bomb
Input Devices
Server
18. 1) Paper is easier on eyes. 2) Books can be read anywhere w/o the need of electricity/batteries. 3) Books are aesthetically more pleasing. 4) Books can be highlighted and written in.
Shareware
Software Piracy
Laws of Robots (3) (Asimov)
Disadvantages of ebooks
19. Using a computer to create - edit and print documents
Output Devices
Template
word processing
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
20. Microsoft Powerpoint
Push technology
An example of presentation-graphics software
KB
Knowledge base
21. 1)No common words 2)Change frequently 3)Use #s and letters 4)Keep it a secret
Factors of a good pw...
Convergence
Rules of Netiquette (6)
Agent
22. Rules of etiquette that apply to Internet communication.
Access-Control Software
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
Netiquette
thesaurus
23. A program for locating information on the Web. (uses Web crawlers)
Utility Program Features
Wizard
ROM
Search engine
24. Read-Only Memory; Memory that include permanent information only. The computer can only read information from in; it can never write any new information on it
header
ROM
Trojan Horse
Browser
25. Automates the creation of visual aids for lectures - training sessions and other presentations. Can include everything from spreadsheet charting programs to animation-editing software - but most commonly used for creating and displaying a series of o
Presentation-Graphics Software
Hyperlink
label
KB
26. Software that can be distributed and modified freely by users; example: Linux
Open-Source Software
Expert system
Integrated Software
RAM
27. Numbers which are the raw material used to perform calculations
absolute reference
value
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
Expert system
28. Step-by-step procedure for calculating a number
Morph
formula
WYSIWYG
replication
29. Technology in which browsers on client computers pull information from server machines; the browser needs to initiate a request before any information is delivered.
Pull technology
Digital television
FTP (file transfer protocol)
Login Name
30. A device that enables digital machines to monitor a physical quantity of the analog world (i.e. temperature - humidity - pressure) to provide data used in robotics. (Enables robots to modify actions based on feedback from outside world) (Ex: vision -
Drawing Software
Responsibilities of System Admin
Sensor
automatic correction
31. Word-processing feature that divides long words situated at the ends of lines
'what if?' questions
Humans < Computers (3)
label
automatic hyphenation
32. Text-editing feature of a word-processing program which automatically moves any words that won't fit on the current line to the next line - along with the cursor
Bluetooth
Public Domain Software
word wrap
HTML (hypertext markup language)
33. Typeface fonts in which the characters are embellished with fine lines (serifs) at the ends of the main strokes
serif fonts
footer
automatic hyphenation
Template
34. A program that performs useful tasks while at the same time carrying out a secret destructive act. A form of software sabotage/
Trojan Horse
Biometrics
Backdoor
Push technology
35. Technology in which information is delivered automatically to a client computer. The user subscribes to a service - and the server delivers that information periodically and unobtrusively. Contrast with pull technology.
Push technology
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
User Interface
automatic hyphenation
36. The field of computer science devoted to making computers perceive - reason and act in ways that have - until now - been reserved for human beings.
Protocol
Sensor
Gigahertz
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
37. Information in a form that can be read - used and manipulated by a computer
justification
Biometrics
Help file
Data
38. Email discussion groups on special-interest topics. All subscribers receive messages sent to the group's mailing address. (private)
cell format
Processor
Mailing list
Cookies
39. Megabyte; Approximately 1000K or 1 million bytes
MB
thesaurus
Commercial Software
URL (uniform resource locator)
40. A pocket-sized computer used to organize appointments - tasks - notes - contacts - and other personal information; sometimes called hand-held computer or palmtop computer. Many PDAs include additional software and hardware for wireless communication.
Pull technology
Animation
Defragmenting
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
41. 1) outline your ideas; 2) remember your audience; 3) use large fonts; 4) be 'stingy' with words (bullets - summarize); 5) use a consistent design; 6) be smart with art (use appropriate graphics)
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
Packet-switching
WYSIWYG
Morph
42. Anything that can be communicated
Kerning
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
relative reference
Information
43. Allows documents of all types to be stored - viewed - or modified on any Windows or Macintosh computer - making it possible for many organizations to reduce paper flow.
Drawing Software
PDF (Portable Document Format)
ROM
Ethernet
44. Most common security tools used to restrict access to computer systems.
Teleconference
Presentation-Graphics Software
Password
Ergonomics
45. Block that appears at the top of every page in a document displaying repetitive information such as chapter title
Disadvantages of ebooks
GUI
header
Fuzzy logic
46. Rectangular block of selected cells
Training software
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
Server
range
47. Software that is free to try with a send-payment-to-keep honor system
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
Worm
Shareware
cell format
48. A computer especially designed to provide software and other resources to other computers over a network
Pattern recognition
Server
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
Simulation
49. The standard technique used to send information over the Internet. A message is broken into packets that travel independently from network to network toward their common destination - where they are reunited.
word processing
Wizard
Packet-switching
Trojan Horse
50. ~Advantages 1)Safety: easy to simulate without actual risk 2)Economy: Build/simulate/destroy without waste 3)Projection 4)Visualization 5)Replication: Redo/rerun/alter easily ~Disadvantages 1)Reliability 2)Depends on original info 3)Complete trust fa
Machine learning
Model + / ?
IP address
Arpanet
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