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IT Literacy

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The field of computer science devoted to making computers perceive - reason and act in ways that have - until now - been reserved for human beings.






2. Step-by-step procedure for calculating a number






3. 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)






4. 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.






5. Software that is free to try with a send-payment-to-keep honor system






6. An individual responsible for maintaining a multi-user computer system






7. ~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






8. Enables you to 'paint' pixels on the screen with a pointing device.






9. Component of word-processing software that analyzes each word in context - checking for content errors - common grammatical errors - and stylistic problems






10. Built-in component of a word processor or a separate program that compares words in a documents with words in a disk-based dictionary - and flags words not found in the dictionary; may operate in batch mode - checking all the words at once - or inter






11. The science of designing work environments that enable people and things to interact efficiently and safely






12. Knowledge acquired from living in the world.






13. The relatively easy use of a single color (or sometimes two) to add interest to a desktop-publishing product.






14. The use of computer displays that add virtual information to a person's sensory perceptions - supplementing rather than replacing (as in virtual reality) the world the user sees.






15. To post software= or documents to an online source for availability to others






16. A type of logic that allows conclusions to be stated as probabilities rather than certainties. (Used by inference engines and knowledge bases)






17. A class of Internet addresses indicated by a suffix such as: .com - .gov - .net






18. Local Area Network; Multiple personal computers connected on a network






19. The narrow (but deep) knowledge base of an expert system.






20. Synonym finder






21. Vertical






22. The Internet protocol used to transfer Web pages.






23. 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.






24. 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






25. Reference to a cell in relation to the current cell; modifies when copied






26. ~Advantages 1)Share data - increase productivity 2)Share hardware - reduce costs 3)Allow people to work together/communicate ~Disadvantages 1)Easier spread of viruses 2)Privacy issues - especially access levels not set 3)Integrity of data - when shar






27. 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






28. Video reduced to a series of numbers (0 and 1) - which can be edited - stored - and played back without loss of quality.






29. Stores programs and the data they need to be instantly accessible to the CPU






30. 1) Robot must not injure a human or - by inaction - allow a human to come to harm; 2) must obey orders given by humans (except where the order conflicts w/ first law); 3) must protect its own existence (w/o conflicting w/ first & second law)






31. A special type of communications software designed to access and display information at Internet Web sites.






32. 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






33. A type of wireless device that enables mobile phones - hand-held computers - and PCs to communicate with each other regardless of operating system.






34. Part of the computer which processes information - performs arithmetic calculations - and makes basic decisions based on information values






35. Predefined set of calculations (i.e. SUM and AVERAGE)






36. 1) Paper is easier on eyes. 2) Books can be read anywhere w/o the need of electricity/batteries. 3) Books are aesthetically more pleasing. 4) Books can be highlighted and written in.






37. A way to test machine intelligence. (Tester and subject converse - and tester attempts to perceive whether it's a human or computer)






38. Someone who uses computer skills to gain unauthorized access to computer systems.






39. Face-to-face communication over long distances using video and computer technology.






40. Intersection of row and column






41. 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.






42. An online meeting between 2 or more people; done in 'real time' (ex: IM [instant messaging])






43. A database that contains both facts - and a system of rules for determining and changing the relationship among those facts.






44. Documentation file that appears onscreen at the user's request






45. Optical Character Recognition; Locating and identifying printed characters embedded in an image - allowing the text to be stored as an editable document. Can be performed by wand readers - pen scanners - and OCR software






46. Size and style of typeface






47. To copy software from an online source to a local computer






48. Using a computer to create - edit and print documents






49. A communications protocol that enables users to download files from remote servers to their computers - and to upload files they want to share from their computers to these archives.






50. The storage of pictures as collections of lines - shapes and other objects.