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Technology In Action - 2

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An expansion card that provides the computer with a connection to the internet via conventional phone lines.






2. A program that helps coordinate all print jobs being sent to the printer at the same time.






3. A computer that provides resources to other computers on a network.






4. A group of icons collected for easy access.






5. 'The steady and constant pace at which a computer goes through machine cycles - measured in hertz (Hz).'






6. The instructions programmers write in a higher-level language.






7. A special diagnostic mode designed for troubleshooting errors that occur during the boot process.






8. 'A collection of related pieces of information stored together for easy reference; in database terminology - a file or table is a group of related records.'






9. 'A type of network design in which users are not responsible for creating their own data backups or providing security for their computers; instead - those tasks are handled by a centralized server - software - and a system administrator.'






10. 'The process that occurs after the read/write head of the hard drive locates the correct track - and then waits for the correct sector to spin to the read/write head.'






11. A type of wireless technology that uses radio waves to transmit data over short distances. Often used to connect peripherals such as printers and keyboards to computers or headsets to cell phones.






12. A port that enables the computer(or other device) to be connected to other devices or systems such as networks - modems - and the internet.






13. Being familiar enough with computers that you understand their capabilities and limitations and know how to use them.






14. A type of monitor that is lighter and more energy-efficient than a CRT monitor; often used with portbale computers such as notebooks.






15. A network in which the nodes are located within a small geographic area.






16. A server that manages all client-requested printing jobs for all printers on the network.






17. 'In a wireless network - a device that translates the electronic data that needs to be sent along the network into radio waves and then broadcasts these radio waves to other network nodes.'






18. 'Unlike the command- and menu-driven interfaces used in earlier software - GUIs display graphics and use the point-and-click technology of the mouse and cursor - making them much more user-friendly.'






19. A collection of software programs that have been bundled together as a package.






20. When two computers send data at the same time and the sets of data collide somewhere in the media.






21. 'An attack delivered by specialized hacking software that tries many combinations of letters - numbers - and pieces of a user ID in an attempt to discover a user password.'






22. About a billion bytes






23. 'An open source operating system based on UNIX. Because of the stable nature of this operating system - it is often used on Web servers.'






24. A Windows utility that checks for lost files and fragments as well as physical errors on a hard drive.






25. The part of the system unit of a computer that is responsible for data processing ( the 'brains' of the computer); it is the largest and most important chip in the computer. The CPU controls all the functionsperformed by the computer's other componen






26. A series of instructions to be followed by a computer to accomplish a task.






27. A server that keeps track of who is logging on to the network and which services on the network are available to each user.






28. The memory that the computer's operating system uses.






29. The computer's temporary storage space or short-term memory. It is located in a set of chips on the system's motherboard - and its capacity is measured in megabytes or gigabytes.






30. A special numerical code that prioritizes requests from various devices. These requests then are placed in the interrupt table in the computer's primary memory.






31. 'A drive that uses the same kind of memory that flash drives use - but can reach data in only a tenth of the time a flash drive requires.'






32. The pre-installed software (often trial versions) on a new computer.






33. A condition of excessive paging in which the operating system becomes sluggish.






34. Numbers - words - pictures - or sounds that represent facts - figures - or ideas.






35. The study of molecules and nanostructures whose size ranges from 1 to 100 nanometers.






36. A compact audio-video interface standard that carries both high-definition video and uncompressed digital audio.






37. An application program such as Microsoft Excel or Lotus 1-2-3 that enables a user to do calculations and numerical analyses easily.






38. A topology comprised of several topologies and combined into one network.






39. Pernament storage - as in read-only memory (ROM).






40. The clearness or sharpness of an image - whcih is controlled by the numberof pixels displayed on the screen.






41. A network made up of local area networks (LANs) connected over long distances.






42. 'An electronic filing system best used for larger and more complicated groups of data that require more than one table and the ability to group - sort - and retrieve data and generate reports.'






43. A heavily secured server located on a special perimeter network between a company's secure internal network and its firewall.






44. A port that uses a traditional telephone signal to connect a computer to the internet.






45. A specially designed computer chip that resides inside another device - such as a car. These self-contained computer devices have their own programming and typically neither recieve input from users nor interact with other systems.






46. An application program for creating dynamic slide shows such as Microsoft PowerPoint or Apple Keynote.






47. A computer that provides resources to other computers on a network.






48. 'An application program that helps business owners manage their finances more efficiently by providing tools for tracking accounting transactions such as sales - accounts receivable - inventory purchases - and accounts payable.'






49. Communications media that do not use cables but instead rely on radio waves to communicate.






50. A unit of computer storage equal to approximately 1 million bytes.







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