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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)
Machine learning
point size
User Interface
Pixel
2. Device for accepting input (e.g. a keyboard)
Input Devices
word wrap
Bug
Spot Color
3. Provides direct instruction in a clearly specified skill of subject
Animation
Sensor
Tutorial software
Utility Program Features
4. A way to test machine intelligence. (Tester and subject converse - and tester attempts to perceive whether it's a human or computer)
replication
Turning Test
Common-sense knowledge
Model
5. In a computer simulation - the user and the computer responding to data from each other
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
PDF (Portable Document Format)
Feedback Loop
Push technology
6. Television that processes information through a binary code rather than an analog signal.
Site License
spell check
Teleconference
Digital television
7. Part of the Internet - a collection of multimedia documents created by organizations and users worldwide. Documents are linked in a hypertext Web site that allows users to explore them with simpler mouse clicks.
WWW (world wide web)
range
GB
justification
8. 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
Factors of a good pw...
Processor
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
Bit
9. A standard interface that allows electronic instruments and computers to communicate with each other and work together.
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
proportionally spaced fonts
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
WAN
10. A continuous wave
word processing
Biometrics
Analog Signal
Wizard
11. Documentation file that appears onscreen at the user's request
Spot Color
Backdoor
Help file
Telecommuting
12. 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.
relative reference
Virtual Reality (VR)
Telecommuting
GUI
13. Custom-designed procedure program which automates tasks in an application program
Factors of a good pw...
Online help
macro
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
14. An online meeting between 2 or more people; done in 'real time' (ex: IM [instant messaging])
Push technology
Open-Source Software
Teleconference
formatting
15. 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)
Wizard
OCR
Rules of Thumb for DTP
Laws of Robots (3) (Asimov)
16. Technology in which browsers on client computers pull information from server machines; the browser needs to initiate a request before any information is delivered.
Factors that control image quality (2)
Pull technology
Interactive Multimedia
Page-Layout Software
17. Part of the computer which processes information - performs arithmetic calculations - and makes basic decisions based on information values
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
Compatibility
Processor
value
18. The address of a Web site. (unique)
Digital Signal
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
GUI Advantages
URL (uniform resource locator)
19. Network created in 1969 from a government grant during the Cold War that is the foundation of today's Internet. ('Advanced Research Project Agency NETwork')
MB
Digital Signal
Arpanet
Ergonomics
20. Gigabyte; Approximately 1000 MB
GB
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (P2P)
Wizard
LAN
21. A computer model of a real life situation used to see how a model operates under certain conditions
automatic hyphenation
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
Rules of Netiquette (6)
Simulation
22. The Internet protocol used to transfer Web pages.
Hypermedia
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
Gigahertz
Commercial Software
23. Function which enables users to change the appearance of a document by specifying the font - point size - and style of any character in the document - as well as the overall layout of text and graphical elements in the document
formatting
MB
Browser
Resolution
24. Microsoft Powerpoint
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
Hyperlink
An example of presentation-graphics software
Telecommuting
25. A unique string of four numbers separated by periods that serves as a unique address for a computer on the Internet. The IP address of the host computer and the sending computer is included with every packet of information that traverses the Internet
KB
serif fonts
Hyperlink
IP address
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
Access-Control Software
Cracking
Networks: + / ?
TB
27. 1) Plan before you publish! 2) Use appropriate fonts. 3) Don't go 'style-crazy.' 4) Look at the document through the reader's eyes. 5) Learn from the masters. 6) Know your limitations. 7) Remember your message/objective.
Worm
Camera-Ready
Wizard
Rules of Thumb for DTP
28. A database that contains both facts - and a system of rules for determining and changing the relationship among those facts.
Humans > Computers (8)
Knowledge base
Rules of Thumb for DTP
Peripheral
29. Word-processing feature that divides long words situated at the ends of lines
thesaurus
automatic hyphenation
Template
PDF (Portable Document Format)
30. Intuitive: 1)throw away 2)trash bin; open file ~ folders 3)Consistent: integrated software 4)Forgiving: undo - cancel 5)Protective: double-click on closing 6)Flexible: copy/paste - shortcuts 7)Speech Recognition Software
thesaurus
Rules of Netiquette (6)
Knowledge engineer
GUI Advantages
31. The online sharing of music or other computer files directly among individual computer users' hard drives - rather than through posting the files on central servers.
System Administrator
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (P2P)
Knowledge engineer
Open-Source Software
32. 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
spell check
Responsibilities of System Admin
Inference engine
Augmented Reality
33. 1) data stays consistent over distances; 2) more data can be transmitted; 3) can communicate with other devices
Advantages of digital television (3)
LAN
Command-Line Interface
Operating System
34. 1) Poor at planning strategies (less creativity than humans) and can't make decisions (after diagnosis - can't say how to treat patient); 2) powerless outside narrow (but deep) domain of knowledge
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
function
Pixel
KB
35. Process of saving data - esp. for data recovery. Many systems automatically back up data and software onto disks or tapes
Bandwidth
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
Backup
36. Optical Mark Reader; A reading device that uses reflected light to determine the location of pencil marks on standardized test answer sheets and similar forms
Laws of Robots (3) (Asimov)
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
OMR
GUI
37. Long-term repository for data (e.g. disks - tapes)
Unicode
UPS
Storage Devices
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
38. 1) color depth; 2) resolution
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
Factors that control image quality (2)
Ergonomics
Expert system
39. 1) Provide expertise when experts are unavailable; 2) preserve knowledge of experts after they leave an organization; 3) combine knowledge of several experts; 4) take care of routine task so workers can do more challenging jobs
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
Master Pages
column
Intranet
40. The spacing between lines of text.
Leading
Ergonomics
WYSIWYG
header
41. Feature in spreadsheet software that allows speculation by providing instant answers to hypothetical questions
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183
42. Small files deposited on a user's hard disk by Web sites - enabling sites to remember what they know about their visitors between sessions.
Cookies
Machine learning
Hypermedia
Memory
43. 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
Advantages of DTP
Model
ROM
Domains
44. The process of simulation motion with a series of still pictures.
Video Editing Software
Animation
TB
'Read-me' file
45. The relatively easy use of a single color (or sometimes two) to add interest to a desktop-publishing product.
Operating System
Ergonomics
footer
Spot Color
46. Automates the creation of visual aids for lectures - training sessions and other presentations. Can include everything from spreadsheet charting programs to animation-editing software - but most commonly used for creating and displaying a series of o
Presentation-Graphics Software
WAN
Unicode
worksheet
47. Predefined set of calculations (i.e. SUM and AVERAGE)
Upload
function
Bug
word processing
48. Vertical
column
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
absolute reference
Peripheral
49. Measurements of individual body characteristics - such as voiceprint or fingerprint; sometimes used in computer security
Biometrics
Output Devices
'Read-me' file
Password
50. The spacing between letter pairs in a document.
Training software
Kerning
'Read-me' file
Utility Program Features
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