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IT Literacy

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Language that people speak/write everyday.






2. 1) Poor at planning strategies (less creativity than humans) and can't make decisions (after diagnosis - can't say how to treat patient); 2) powerless outside narrow (but deep) domain of knowledge






3. Measure of character size (one point equals 1/72 inch)






4. (autocorrect) word-processing feature that places footnotes where they belong on the page






5. 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.






6. User interface that requires the user to type text commands on a command-line to communicate with the operating system






7. ~Adding/configuring new work stations ~Setting up user accounts ~Installing system wide software ~Performing preventative procedures for viruses ~Allocating storage space






8. Technology that creates the illusion that the user is immersed in a world that exists only inside the computer; this environment contains both scenes and the controls to change those scenes.






9. The combination of text - numbers - graphics - animation - sound effects - music and other media in a hyperlinked document.






10. Spreadsheet software function enabling users to change the appearance of cell contents






11. The process of identifying objects and shapes in a photograph - drawing - video or other visual image. (Effortless for humans - difficult for computers)






12. The online sharing of music or other computer files directly among individual computer users' hard drives - rather than through posting the files on central servers.






13. 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






14. An online meeting between 2 or more people; done in 'real time' (ex: IM [instant messaging])






15. The relatively easy use of a single color (or sometimes two) to add interest to a desktop-publishing product.






16. Face-to-face communication over long distances using video and computer technology.






17. A computer model of a real life situation used to see how a model operates under certain conditions






18. License for multiple copies or removing restrictions on software copying and use at a network site






19. A specialist who interviews and observes experts - and converts their words and actions into a knowledge base.






20. Typeface fonts in which the characters are embellished with fine lines (serifs) at the ends of the main strokes






21. A unique string of four numbers separated by periods that serves as a unique address for a computer on the Internet. The IP address of the host computer and the sending computer is included with every packet of information that traverses the Internet






22. 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.






23. A system of programs that performs a variety of technical operations - providing an additional layer of insulation between the user and the bits-and-bytes world of computer hardware






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






25. Long-term repository for data (e.g. disks - tapes)






26. Billions of clock cycles per second - a measurement of a computer's clock speed






27. Random Access Memory; Memory that stores program instructions and data temporarily






28. The address of a Web site. (unique)






29. Protects transmitted information by scrambling the transmissions; When a user encrypts a message by applying a secret numerical code (encryption key) - the message can be read only after it's been reconstructed with a matching key






30. Working from home by modem - as do many programmers - accountants - and other information workers.






31. Device for sending information from the computer (e.g. monitor or printer)






32. 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 -






33. Software that can be distributed and modified freely by users; example: Linux






34. 1) Mathematical calculations faster w/ more accuracy; 2) storing vast amounts of data; 3) recall information






35. A stream of bits






36. Software that enables the user to manipulate photographs and other high-resolution images.






37. Graphics in which images are stored and manipulated as organized collections of pixels rather than as shapes and lines. Contrast with object-oriented graphics.






38. 1) vulnerable to network glitches and machine failures; 2) vulnerable to security breech; 3) filters out human component of communication (ex: eye contact; voice)






39. Automatic replication of values - labels and formulas






40. Text entry providing information of the contents of a row/column






41. A self-contained intra-organizational network that is designed using the same technology as the Internet. (within organization)






42. Gigabyte; Approximately 1000 MB






43. Software packages which include several applications designed to work well together; such as Microsoft Office






44. Network created in 1969 from a government grant during the Cold War that is the foundation of today's Internet. ('Advanced Research Project Agency NETwork')






45. Video clip in which one image metamorphoses into another.






46. Local Area Network; Multiple personal computers connected on a network






47. 'what you see is what you get' (wizzy-wig); arrangement of words on the screen representing a close approximation to the arrangement of words on the printed page






48. The process of simulation motion with a series of still pictures.






49. Binary digit; The smallest unit of information. A bit can have two values: 0 or 1






50. Numbers which are the raw material used to perform calculations







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