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Cse Computer Science Engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Mad ef aluminum - glass - or ceramic and is coated with an alloy material that allows material to be recorded magnetically
platter
machine cycle
network architecture
worm
2. A collection of computers and devices connected together - via communications devices and transmissions media.
fixed wireless
certificate authority
network
Storage Device
3. Computer is usually connected to the internet the entire time it is turned on (cable - DSL - fiber - radio signals - satellite)
Information system
broadband internet service
port
CU
4. Extends the capabilites of a browser.
data collection device
Plug and Play
plug- in
back door
5. Internet teephony- enables users to speak to other users over the internet
VoIP
SIMM
CERT/CC
virtual provate network
6. The destructive event or prank the program intended to deliver
ISP
payload
bus network
access time
7. A system that attempts to imitate the behavior of a human brain.
CMOS
wireless Internet service provider
wireless access point
neural network
8. Consists of programs designed to make users more productive and assist them with personal tasks - makes business activites more efficient - to assist with graphics - to support home - personal - and educational tasks - to facilitate communications
application software...
wireless modem
capacity
ring network
9. Electronic funds transfer allows users connected to a network to transfer money from one bank account to another via transmission media
telemedicine
Hot spots
EFT
worm
10. Msot retail stores use POS to record purchases - process cards - and update inventory
Memory
DTP
formatting
Point of Sale terminals
11. Picure messaging can occur from mobile to mobile and mobile to email
MMS
trackball
Hot spots
document management software...
12. A digital code attached to an electronic message or document - which is unique and which can be used to authenticate the sender or owner. Most often used in electronic commerce.
preemptive multitasking
Input
digital signature
ALU
13. Radio frequency identification is a technology that uses radio signals to communicate with a tag placed in or attached to an object. Can contain antenna and memory chips
firmware...
SRAM
RFID
address
14. A colection of individual programs available together as a unit. lower cost and ease of use
sleep mode
system on a chip
software suite
keygen
15. Device with a monitor - keyboard - and memory
cracker
RFID
Terminal
Operating system
16. Users prefer to download or transfer a copy of the images from the digital camera to the computers hard disk
parallel processing
DVI
SRAM
download
17. Impact printer that uses tiny wire pins on a print head mechanism to stike an inked ribbon
Processor
dot matrix printer
unauthorized access
connector
18. Media transmit multiple signals simutaneously. Download faster than upload
broadband
DSL
mpeg
system on a chip
19. The original article and all subsequent related replies
cold boot
DVI
thread
GPU
20. A small metal or plastic device that uses pressure instead of ink.
system software...
E- commerce
stylus
spider
21. The layout of the computers and devices ina cmonnunications network. Star - bus - ring.
platter
network topology
certificate authority
communications channel
22. A light sensing input device that reads printed text and graphics and translates the results into a form the computer can process.
Memory Cache
DSL
CU
scanner
23. Dozens or hundreds of thin strands of glass or plastic that use light to transmit signal. Carries more signals - faster - less noise - better security - smaller size
Dial- up access
fiber optic cable
Memory
expansion slot
24. Uses a continous flow of fluids in a process that transfers the heated fluid away from the processor
bus network
liquid flow technology
dialog box
peripheral
25. Major carriers of network traffic
tactile output
IM
drive bay
Internet Backbone
26. Controls access to the hardware - software and other resources on a network and provides a centralized storage area for data - programs - and info
CMOS
Servers
stylus
wordwrap
27. A number that uniquely identifies each computer or device connected to the internet (0-255)
IP address
wordwrap
player
Operating system
28. Pressure sensitive eraser shaped pointing device
SMTP
cluster
pointing stick
SRAM
29. Transmits data via infared light waves.. Both computer and device must have the port for it to work
Output
IrDA Port
Trojan Horse
cold boot
30. Smallest element in an electronic image
MRAM
pixel
product activation
Content Aggregator
31. Allows you to insert and remove flash memory and other devoces while the computer is running (flash memory)
virus
token ring
hot plugging
single user/multitasking operating system allows a single user to work on two or more programs that reside in memory at the same time
32. A series of related instructions that tells a computer what tasks to perform and how to perform them. They respond to commands
program
honeypot
Dial- up access
analog
33. Faster growing operating system that includes free programming languages and utility programs - multipurpose operating system
connector
Linux
commands
heat sink
34. Any data or instructions entered into the memory of the computer
Memory
Input
Laser printer
OMR
35. Automatically analyzes all network traffic and notifies network administrators of suspicious behavior pattermsor system breaches
script kiddie
plug- in
fixed wireless
Intrusion detection software...
36. Instant messaging - Mobile to mobile - mobile to personal computer - web to mobile
IM
CPU
pretty good Privacy
broadband internet service
37. Anopening inside the system unit in which you can install additional equipment. Different than a slot
Bay
IM
Terminal
disk controller
38. zombie
System Unit
Top level domain
compromised computer
groupware...
39. Provids mobile users with a secure connection to the company server as if the user has a private line.
virtual provate network
ergonomics
warm boot
communications
40. A network standard that specifies no central computer or device on the network should control when data is being transmitted. Msot popular in LAN
ethernet
chasis...
site license
supercomputer
41. Universal serial bus port connects peripherals to the computer
device independent
USB port
application software...
botnets
42. Accesses a computer or network illegally but has the intent of destroying data - stealing info - or other malicious actions.
cracker
ciphertext
MICR
SIMM
43. Translates the domain name to its associated IP address so that data and information can be routed to the correct computer.
DNS Server
MICR
data collection device
network
44. The number of bits in an area on a storage medium - Higher density means more storage capacity
density
Bluetooth
memory module
Operating system
45. Processor begins to fetch a second instruction before it completes the full machine cycle
communications
pipelining
application software...
video card
46. A computer that can perform all of its input - processing - output - and storage activities by itself (PC - Apple)
solid state media
System Unit
Personal Computers
CAPTCHA
47. Allows a user to plan schedule and track costs of a project
business software...
Storage Media
project management software...
ring network
48. A server that you connect to to start a chat session.
backside bus
Input
client/server
chat client
49. Basic input/output systemis firmware that contains the computers startup instructions
adware
MMS
BIOS
site license
50. They consist entirely of electronic components and contain no moving parts.
Dedicated line
solid state media
Hot spots
mashup