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IT Literacy
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1. 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.
Output Devices
Domain
Packet-switching
User Interface
2. Graphics in which images are stored and manipulated as organized collections of pixels rather than as shapes and lines. Contrast with object-oriented graphics.
Bitmapped Graphics
Augmented Reality
Natural language
Output Devices
3. An individual responsible for maintaining a multi-user computer system
Knowledge base
System Administrator
Public Domain Software
Video Editing Software
4. Measurements of individual body characteristics - such as voiceprint or fingerprint; sometimes used in computer security
Biometrics
spell check
Factors of a good pw...
Cookies
5. A special type of communications software designed to access and display information at Internet Web sites.
KB
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
Browser
Networks: + / ?
6. Programs that use computer hosts to reproduce themselves. Worm programs travel independently over computer networks - seeking out uninfected workstations to occupy. A form of software sabotage
'what if?' questions
Bluetooth
Worm
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
7. Synonym finder
Bit
thesaurus
Fuzzy logic
Model
8. Ongoing public discussions on a particular subject consisting of notes written to a central Internet site and redistributed through a worldwide newsgroup called Usenet. You can check into and out of them whenever you want; all messages are posted on
macro
HTML (hypertext markup language)
column
Newsgroups
9. 1) makes long distance meetings possible and reduces costs; 2) enables decisions to evolve over time; 3) emphasizes messages over messenger
WYSIWYG
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
Browser
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
10. Software that only allows user access according to the user's needs. Some users can open only files that are related to their work. Some users are allowed read-only access to files; they can see but not change them.
Arpanet
Access-Control Software
Video teleconference
Knowledge base
11. Fonts like those in the courier family that mimic typewriters; characters - no matter how narrow or wide - hold the same amount of space
IP address
monospaced fonts
justification
Trojan Horse
12. A specialist who interviews and observes experts - and converts their words and actions into a knowledge base.
Browser
Knowledge engineer
Packet-switching
Page-Layout Software
13. Software used as an introductory - teaching or transitional tool for user tasks
value
Training software
Hyperlink
Augmented Reality
14. 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
Site License
formatting
thesaurus
automatic hyphenation
15. Software that spreads from program to program or from disk to disk - and uses each infected program or disk to copy itself. A form of software sabotage.
Virus
ISP (Internet service provider)
Color Depth
Utility Program Features
16. All type - including roman - bold - and italics - of a single design (i.e. Helvetica)
Factors that control image quality (2)
Push technology
Netiquette
typeface
17. Email discussion groups on special-interest topics. All subscribers receive messages sent to the group's mailing address. (private)
Worm
Hyperlink
Mailing list
label
18. The quantity of information that can be transmitted through a communication medium in a given amount of time. (more bandwidth = faster transmission)
Domain
Bandwidth
Pattern recognition
Speech recognition
19. 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
Convergence
IP address
Virtual Reality (VR)
OCR
20. 'what you see is what you get' (wizzy-wig); arrangement of words on the screen representing a close approximation to the arrangement of words on the printed page
Feedback Loop
Presentation-Graphics Software
User Interface
WYSIWYG
21. 1) Say what is meant and with care (when using the Internet/email - there is no tone of voice); 2) keep it short (otherwise people may not read it all and miss stuff); 3) don't assume you're anonymous; 4) learn the non-verbal language of the net; 5)
Protocol
Rules of Netiquette (6)
LAN
Hacker
22. In desktop publishing - the pages that control the general layout of the document (such as the page borders - numbers - or header).
Master Pages
GUI
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
23. The address of a Web site. (unique)
Feedback Loop
Hypermedia
URL (uniform resource locator)
typeface
24. Spreadsheet software function enabling users to change the appearance of cell contents
Simulation
cell format
Video teleconference
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
25. Part of the computer which processes information - performs arithmetic calculations - and makes basic decisions based on information values
Spot Color
IP address
Processor
Common-sense knowledge
26. An agreement allowing the use of a software program on a single machine
Operating System
Logic Bomb
Software License
Rules of Netiquette (6)
27. Megabyte; Approximately 1000K or 1 million bytes
Access-Control Software
MB
Inference engine
Convergence
28. (Modeling) The use of computers to create abstract models of objects - organisms - organizations and processes
Rules of Thumb for DTP
Model
Bluetooth
relative reference
29. Block that appears at the top of every page in a document displaying repetitive information such as chapter title
Information
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
header
word processing
30. Software for editing digital video - including titles - sound and special effects.
Video Editing Software
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
TB
Firewall
31. 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.
Disadvantages of ebooks
Public Domain Software
Mailing list
Feedback Loop
32. Professionally designed - empty documents that can be adapted to specific user needs. In spreadsheet software - worksheets that contain labels and formulas but no data values. The template produces instant answers when you fill in the blanks.
Template
Operating System
Telecommuting
ISP (Internet service provider)
33. A reading tool that uses light to read universal product codes - inventory codes - and other codes created out of patterns of variable-width bars
Logic Bomb
Defragmenting
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
Bar Code Reader
34. Most common security tools used to restrict access to computer systems.
Teleconference
Password
Open-Source Software
Utility Program Features
35. Instructions that tell the hardware what to do to transform the input into out put
Software
MB
Protocol
Worm
36. Worksheets which contain labels and formulas but no data values; instant answers are produced when information is provided
Painting Software
Common-sense knowledge
Ergonomics
template
37. An interactive cross-reference system that allows textual information to be linked in nonsequential ways. A hypertext document contains links that lead quickly to other parts of the document or to related documents.
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
Hypertext
proportionally spaced fonts
Operating System Advantages
38. (autocorrect) word-processing feature that places footnotes where they belong on the page
Backup
Pull technology
automatic correction
label
39. Free software that is not copyrighted - offered through World Wide Websites - electronic bulletin boards - user groups - and other sources
Gigahertz
Networks: + / ?
Multimedia
Public Domain Software
40. ~Adding/configuring new work stations ~Setting up user accounts ~Installing system wide software ~Performing preventative procedures for viruses ~Allocating storage space
Hypermedia
Processor
Responsibilities of System Admin
Software License
41. Technology in which browsers on client computers pull information from server machines; the browser needs to initiate a request before any information is delivered.
Cookies
Advantages of DTP
Pull technology
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
42. Copy files between storage devices; Repair damaged data files; Guard against viruses; Compress files to take up less disk space; example: defragmenting
Rules of Thumb for DTP
Utility Program Features
function
Humans > Computers (8)
43. An external device (i.e. keyboard - monitor) connected via cable to the system central processing unit (CPU)
Booting
macro
Peripheral
value
44. A picture element (dot) on a computer screen or printout. Groups of pixels compose the images on the monitor and the output of a printout.
Output Devices
Pixel
Factors of a good pw...
Pattern recognition
45. 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.
Access-Control Software
Augmented Reality
Knowledge engineer
Convergence
46. A text file that includes codes that describe the format - layout - and logical structure of a hypermedia document. Most Web pages are created with this code.
Mailing list
automatic correction
HTML (hypertext markup language)
replication
47. Rectangular block of selected cells
ASCII
Spot Color
outliner
range
48. Text-editing feature of a word-processing program which automatically moves any words that won't fit on the current line to the next line - along with the cursor
Advantages of digital television (3)
worksheet
word wrap
function
49. Vertical
column
Presentation-Graphics Software
proportionally spaced fonts
TB
50. Step-by-step procedure for calculating a number
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
formula
Advantages of digital television (3)
Push technology
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