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IT Literacy
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1. Artificial intelligence techniques that make it possible for machine performance to improve based on feedback from past performance. (Used in games like chess/checkers; based on prior actions)
Feedback Loop
Packet-switching
Search engine
Machine learning
2. Feature in spreadsheet software that allows speculation by providing instant answers to hypothetical questions
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3. Protocols developed as an experiment in internetworking - now the language of the Internet - allowing cross-network communication for almost every type of computer and network.
Video teleconference
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
Memory
Domain
4. 1) ability to create models with physical characteristics (weight and volume); 2) model can be rotated; 3) can evaluate structural performance by applying an imaginary force; 4) designs can be easily altered and edited
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
Robot
column
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
5. Unauthorized access and/or vandalism of computer systems; short for criminal hacking
header
Cracking
Leading
Operating System
6. The storage of pictures as collections of lines - shapes and other objects.
Hyperlink
Vector Graphics
Pixel
GUI Advantages
7. A desktop-published document that uses a wide range of color; contrast with spot color.
Turning Test
Full-Color
cell
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
8. Documentation and help available through a software company's Web site
Backdoor
Disadvantages of ebooks
cell format
Online help
9. In desktop publishing - software used to combine various source documents into coherent - visually appealing publication (e.g. Adobe InDesign).
Mailing list
Common-sense knowledge
Page-Layout Software
Integrated Software
10. Horizontal
Browser
row
Server
Shareware
11. The identification of spoken words and sentences by a computer - making it possible for voice input to be converted into text files
Newsgroups
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
Access-Control Software
Speech recognition
12. (Modeling) The use of computers to create abstract models of objects - organisms - organizations and processes
macro
Unicode
Model
Interactive Multimedia
13. Size and style of typeface
font
Memory
URL (uniform resource locator)
Model
14. 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
Feedback Loop
ROM
Animation
outliner
15. Software packages which include several applications designed to work well together; such as Microsoft Office
Simulation
Laws of Robots (3) (Asimov)
Input Devices
Integrated Software
16. The process of simulation motion with a series of still pictures.
Factors that control image quality (2)
WYSIWYG
Help file
Animation
17. 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)
ROM
Factors that control image quality (2)
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
Digital Video
18. Binary digit; The smallest unit of information. A bit can have two values: 0 or 1
absolute reference
Tutorial software
User Interface
Bit
19. Reference to a cell in relation to the current cell; modifies when copied
relative reference
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
Integrated Software
Feedback Loop
20. Spreadsheet document which appears on the screen as a grid or numbered rows/columns
worksheet
Advantages of Robots (3)
Compatibility
typeface
21. Custom-designed procedure program which automates tasks in an application program
macro
Output Devices
Help file
Rules of Thumb for DTP
22. ~Adding/configuring new work stations ~Setting up user accounts ~Installing system wide software ~Performing preventative procedures for viruses ~Allocating storage space
Responsibilities of System Admin
monospaced fonts
range
Utility Program
23. Information systems or software programs designed to replicate the decision-making process of a human expert.
Bluetooth
Expert system
Hacker
Humans > Computers (8)
24. 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.
Rules of Netiquette (6)
Bitmapped Graphics
Simulation
Virtual Reality (VR)
25. 1) Amount of network traffic; 2) size/type of file being transferred; 3) type/quality of network connection
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
Hyperlink
WYSIWYG
Advantages of DTP
26. Television that processes information through a binary code rather than an analog signal.
Digital television
Video Editing Software
'what if?' questions
column
27. 1)No common words 2)Change frequently 3)Use #s and letters 4)Keep it a secret
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
Software License
Factors of a good pw...
Turning Test
28. Copy files between storage devices; Repair damaged data files; Guard against viruses; Compress files to take up less disk space; example: defragmenting
Defragmenting
Digital Video
Multimedia
Utility Program Features
29. The spacing between lines of text.
Animation
Agent
Leading
Upload
30. Video reduced to a series of numbers (0 and 1) - which can be edited - stored - and played back without loss of quality.
Training software
Backup
Digital Video
absolute reference
31. A specialist who interviews and observes experts - and converts their words and actions into a knowledge base.
IP address
row
Download
Knowledge engineer
32. A type of wireless device that enables mobile phones - hand-held computers - and PCs to communicate with each other regardless of operating system.
Digital television
Bluetooth
Operating System Advantages
Ergonomics
33. Software programs that can ask questions - respond to commands - pay attention to users' work patters - serve as a guide and a coach - take on owner's goals - and use reasoning to fabricate their own goals.
Full-Color
worksheet
Agent
Processor
34. A program that eliminates fragmented files by changing the assignment of clusters to files; Easier to find files/programs -> Faster computer
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
Defragmenting
Password
Wizard
35. Software that serves as tools for doing system maintenance and some repairs that are not automatically handled by the operating system;
Packet-switching
Login Name
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
Utility Program
36. A self-contained intra-organizational network that is designed using the same technology as the Internet. (within organization)
Intranet
Worm
GB
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (P2P)
37. Language that people speak/write everyday.
Natural language
thesaurus
Storage Devices
Source Document
38. Information in a form that can be read - used and manipulated by a computer
Help file
Tutorial software
Data
font
39. A handheld device that displays digital representations of the contents of books.
Natural language
System Administrator
ebook (Electronic Book)
Virtual Reality (VR)
40. Vertical
column
Common-sense knowledge
Cracking
Login Name
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
Model + / ?
Color Depth
Natural language
Cracking
42. Software used mainly to produce print publications. Also - the process of using desktop-publishing software to produce publications (e.g. brochures - newsletters - forms - menus - event fliers - notices)
Humans > Computers (8)
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
Training software
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
43. Software that facilitates the arrangement of information into hierarchies or levels of ideas
Advantages of DTP
outliner
Painting Software
ISP (Internet service provider)
44. Process of saving data - esp. for data recovery. Many systems automatically back up data and software onto disks or tapes
Backup
Utility Program Features
FTP (file transfer protocol)
Expert system
45. Communicates with peripherals; Coordinates the concurrent processing of tasks; Manages memory; Keeps track of location of all programs/files of hard drive
Worm
Operating System Advantages
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
FTP (file transfer protocol)
46. The density of pixels - measured by the number of dots per inch.
ROM
Humans > Computers (8)
Resolution
Domains
47. A text file that includes codes that describe the format - layout - and logical structure of a hypermedia document. Most Web pages are created with this code.
Vector Graphics
HTML (hypertext markup language)
cell format
WWW (world wide web)
48. Software help agent that walks the user through a complex process
Advantages of DTP
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
Wizard
Full-Color
49. The spacing between letter pairs in a document.
Software
Input Devices
Kerning
Public Domain Software
50. Predefined set of calculations (i.e. SUM and AVERAGE)
grammar and style checker
function
Packet-switching
Hyperlink
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