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IT Literacy
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1. Software used as an introductory - teaching or transitional tool for user tasks
Training software
Backup
Video teleconference
Advantages of digital television (3)
2. 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.
ASCII
Packet-switching
Kerning
Humans < Computers (3)
3. License for multiple copies or removing restrictions on software copying and use at a network site
Machine learning
Site License
Multimedia
Software License
4. Computer controlled machines designed to perform specific manual tasks ('forced labor')
Robot
Booting
Video teleconference
An example of presentation-graphics software
5. 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
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
ROM
Encryption
column
6. Worksheets which contain labels and formulas but no data values; instant answers are produced when information is provided
Tutorial software
template
Machine learning
Worm
7. Random Access Memory; Memory that stores program instructions and data temporarily
Virtual Reality (VR)
Byte
word wrap
RAM
8. Software that facilitates the arrangement of information into hierarchies or levels of ideas
outliner
Domain
typeface
Leading
9. Function which enables users to change the appearance of a document by specifying the font - point size - and style of any character in the document - as well as the overall layout of text and graphical elements in the document
Compatibility
formatting
Image Processing Software
Defragmenting
10. 1)No common words 2)Change frequently 3)Use #s and letters 4)Keep it a secret
Global positioning system
Factors of a good pw...
Bitmapped Graphics
Disadvantages of ebooks
11. Billions of clock cycles per second - a measurement of a computer's clock speed
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
Gigahertz
Factors that control image quality (2)
Backdoor
12. 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 -
Camera-Ready
Sensor
Operating System Advantages
Web crawlers
13. Measurements of individual body characteristics - such as voiceprint or fingerprint; sometimes used in computer security
WWW (world wide web)
Trojan Horse
Agent
Biometrics
14. Word-processing feature that divides long words situated at the ends of lines
header
automatic hyphenation
Logic Bomb
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
15. Device for accepting input (e.g. a keyboard)
Pull technology
Expert system
Input Devices
Painting Software
16. Knowledge acquired from living in the world.
Color Depth
cell format
Common-sense knowledge
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
17. A reading tool that uses light to read universal product codes - inventory codes - and other codes created out of patterns of variable-width bars
Simulation
Shareware
Morph
Bar Code Reader
18. Information in a form that can be read - used and manipulated by a computer
word wrap
Data
Interactive Multimedia
ISP (Internet service provider)
19. A 65 -000-character set for making letters - digits - and special characters fit into the computer's binary circuitry
Unicode
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
Model
20. Horizontal
User Interface
Convergence
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
row
21. 1) Provide expertise when experts are unavailable; 2) preserve knowledge of experts after they leave an organization; 3) combine knowledge of several experts; 4) take care of routine task so workers can do more challenging jobs
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
Digital Signal
Image analysis
Download
22. 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.
Input Devices
PDF (Portable Document Format)
TB
ROM
23. Graphical User Interface; A user interface based on graphical displays. With a mouse - the user points to icons that represent files - folders - and disks. Documents are displayed in windows. The user selects commands from menus
serif fonts
Domains
Hyperlink
GUI
24. Binary digit; The smallest unit of information. A bit can have two values: 0 or 1
Simulation
GB
Bit
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
25. 1) Saves printing costs after initial software purchase. 2) Saves time traveling back to commercial printer b/c you can use a personal printer. 3) Reduces # of publication errors. 4) Allows more people to publish.
Tutorial software
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
ebook (Electronic Book)
Advantages of DTP
26. 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
An example of presentation-graphics software
Operating System Advantages
'what if?' questions
Humans > Computers (8)
27. Fonts which provide more room for wide as opposed to narrow characters
proportionally spaced fonts
Morph
Shareware
Common-sense knowledge
28. Software or hardware that guards against unauthorized access to an internal network
Virus
Speech recognition
grammar and style checker
Firewall
29. 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
worksheet
Operating System
GUI
row
30. The field of computer science devoted to making computers perceive - reason and act in ways that have - until now - been reserved for human beings.
footer
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Analog Signal
Convergence
31. 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.
Virtual Reality (VR)
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
Search engine
WYSIWYG
32. Automatic replication of values - labels and formulas
Online help
Software
row
replication
33. Using some combination of text - graphics - animation - video - music - voice and sound effects to communicate.
Multimedia
KB
spell check
worksheet
34. The coming together of two or more disparate disciplines or technologies. (ex: fax machine which combines scanning/printing)
Convergence
Painting Software
Video teleconference
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
35. Intersection of row and column
cell
Cookies
label
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
36. Typeface fonts in which the characters are embellished with fine lines (serifs) at the ends of the main strokes
KB
Input Devices
serif fonts
Domains
37. 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.
OCR
Digital Signal
Utility Program Features
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (P2P)
38. Software that can be distributed and modified freely by users; example: Linux
Open-Source Software
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
Simulation
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
39. Alignment of text on a line: left justification (smooth left margin - ragged right margin) - right justification (smooth right - ragged left)
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
Bar Code Reader
Memory
justification
40. A picture element (dot) on a computer screen or printout. Groups of pixels compose the images on the monitor and the output of a printout.
Speech recognition
Pixel
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
Pull technology
41. ~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
Worm
Model + / ?
header
spell check
42. American Standard Code for Information Interchange; A code that represents characters as 8-bit codes. Allows the binary computer to work with letters - digits and special characters
ASCII
Bit
Hyperlink
Factors that control image quality (2)
43. Enables you to 'paint' pixels on the screen with a pointing device.
Painting Software
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Full-Color
Operating System Advantages
44. Typeset-quality pages - ready to be photographed and printed.
Camera-Ready
Data
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
Bit
45. 1) documents can be disorienting and leave the reader wondering; 2) documents don't always have the links readers want - leaving them frustrated because they can't easily get from here to there; 3) documents may contain 'lost' links - especially on t
ebook (Electronic Book)
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
Full-Color
Booting
46. 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.
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
Bit
Disadvantages of ebooks
cell format
47. The spacing between lines of text.
Bandwidth
Leading
Packet-switching
ebook (Electronic Book)
48. A computer model of a real life situation used to see how a model operates under certain conditions
Intranet
Bluetooth
Simulation
Parallel processing
49. Stores a picture as a collection of lines and shapes. Also stores shapes as shape formulas and text as text.
MB
Drawing Software
outliner
An example of presentation-graphics software
50. Communicates with peripherals; Coordinates the concurrent processing of tasks; Manages memory; Keeps track of location of all programs/files of hard drive
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
Backdoor
Operating System Advantages
Push technology
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