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Cse Computer Science Engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Screen savors were made to prevent this - which etched images permanently onto the screen
product activation
jack
hypermedia
ghosting
2. A communications device that can convert digital signals to analog signals and analog signals to digital signals so data can travel along an analog telephone line. In the form of an adapter card you insert in an expansion slot on motherboard.
Dial up modems
USB hub
cold boot
SIMM
3. Controls access to the hardware - software and other resources on a network and provides a centralized storage area for data - programs - and info
Servers
Dedicated line
Processor
newsgroup
4. Serves as the interface between the user - the app software - and the computers hardware
software suite
Servers
capacity
system software...
5. Does not require a newsreader - easier to use than a newsgroup
Latency
System Unit
message board
CPU
6. Has the illusion of moving images becuase it sends a continuos stream of images
SIMM
turnaround document
streaming cam
GUI
7. Magnetoresistive ram- stores data using magnetic charges not electrical. Retains contents after power is out
MRAM
USB port
TLS
digital signature
8. A unique number that identifies the location of a byte in memory
address
newsgroup
CERT/CC
POP3
9. A motion sensing mouse - allows you to control objects by moving the mouse in predetermined directions through air
air mouse
ARPA
Content Aggregator
script kiddie
10. A storage device that typically uses flash memory to store data instructions and information. Faster - use less power - last more than 5 years - higher failure rate - cost much more
ethernet
botnets
preemptive multitasking
solid state drive
11. Graphic file (JPEG - GIF) slowly replacing GIF
neural network
honeypot
database
PNG
12. Continues to operate when one of its components fails - ensuring that no data is lost
shareware...
fault tolerant computer
server
star network
13. Complementary metal oxide semiconductor provides high speeds and consumes little power. Used by RAM - flash memory - and other memory chips. USes battery power
CMOS
crimeware
CPU
Netbook
14. Integrates the functions of a processor - memory and a video card on a single chip.
device independent
commands
mpeg
system on a chip
15. A number that uniquely identifies each computer or device connected to the internet (0-255)
POST
CAM
IP address
RSS 2.0
16. Company that provides wireless internet access to computers
web filter
scanner
wireless Internet service provider
audit trail
17. The original article and all subsequent related replies
Memory
thread
macros
sleep mode
18. All computers connected to central device. Hub or switch
formatting
solid state drive
star network
air mouse
19. The amount of data - instructions - and information that can travel over communications channel
Dial- up access
backside bus
bandwidth
system on a chip
20. The use of computer or network with out permission
coaxial cable
virus
hot plugging
unauthorized access
21. Combines several GIF images ina single GIF file.
EULA
animated Gif...
RAID
capacity
22. Communications device that connects multiple computers or other routers together and transmits data to its correct destination on a network
router
UNIX
Output
VR
23. Allows users to keep typing without using enter at the end of each line
Transmission media
solid state drive
wordwrap
botnets
24. The layout of the computers and devices ina cmonnunications network. Star - bus - ring.
volatile memory
network topology
router
Trojan Horse
25. Mad ef aluminum - glass - or ceramic and is coated with an alloy material that allows material to be recorded magnetically
platter
GUI
driver
hacker
26. One or more computers on the network request services from the server. 10 or more computers
client/server
program
DRAM
byte
27. The role of memory to store both data and programs
RTLS
disk fragmenter
stored program concept
transistor
28. Mathematical formula that generates a code from the contents of the message
digital certificate
Memory
hash
e- learning
29. Smallest element in an electronic image
buffer
jewel box
Hot spots
pixel
30. Computer automatically can configure adapter cards and other peripherals as you install them
CPU
OCR
CU
Plug and Play
31. The operating system interrupts a program that is executing and passes control to another program waiting to be executed. Operating system regains control if one program stops operating properly
corporate spies
fault tolerant computer
network card
preemptive multitasking
32. The time it takes a signal to trvale from one location to another on a network Neg effect- distance - type of transmission media - and number of nodes data must travel through - bandwith high latency low for best performance
Laser printer
access time
Latency
FireWire port
33. The process of using the operating system to restart a computer. Properly closes programs but doesnt save work
pretty good Privacy
Operating system
warm boot
product activation
34. Organization that sells and manages domain names
registrar
macros
CERT/CC
program
35. The number of bytes a storage medium can hold
capacity
driver
pixel
macros
36. Internet teephony- enables users to speak to other users over the internet
phishing
VoIP
wireless modem
hypertext
37. A document that you return to the company that creates and sends it.
IrDA Port
turnaround document
crimeware
VoIP
38. Can be peropheral or chip - creates sound from digital instructions.
Dial- up access
synthesizer
Mobile Computer
plug- in
39. Consists of electronic components that store instrcuctions waiting to be executed by the processor - data needed by those instructions - and the results of processing data. Consist of one or more chips on the motherboard or some other circuit board o
Memory
network standard
System Software...
wireless modem
40. Electronic data interchange which defines how data transmits across telephone lines or other means. Minimal peperwork for businesses
LAN
digital signature
EDI
unauthorized access
41. The process of dividing the disk into tracks and sectors
worm
formatting
Communications device
TCP/IP
42. The standard that outlines characteristics of how two network devices communicate
turnaround document
protocol
business software...
USB hub
43. A rectangular opeining that typically holds disk drives.
shareware...
business software...
GUI
Drive Bay
44. Dynamic ram- chips must be re energized constantly or they lose their contents.
chat client
buffer
twisted pair cable
DRAM
45. Small program that tells the operating system how to communicate with a specific device
POP3
PIM
system clock
driver
46. Computing device small enough to hold in your hand
IM
connector
Mobile Device
adapter cards
47. Any unwanted signal usually varying quickly
bandwidth
WAN
FireWire port
Noise
48. Dual inline memory module forms two sets of contact
DIMM
phishing
L1 cache
Hot spots
49. A program that restricts access to certain material on the web
VR world
web filter
Trojan Horse
Memory
50. A set of programs containing instructions that work together to coordinate all the activities among computer hardware resources
hot plugging
token ring
IM
Operating system