Pot Pourri Part Deux
Languages
Getting Around
Let's Keep It
How Much?
100
The fraudulent acquisition and use of a person's private identifying information, usually for financial gain
What is Identity Theft?
100
The set of commands entered into the computer
What is Command Language?
100
Network consisting of a single central cable to which all computers and devices are connected
What is Bus Topology/Network?
100
Aligns the magnetic particles horizontally around the surface of the disk
What is Longitudinal Recording?
100
1 thousand bytes
What is Kilobyte?
200
The core of an operating system that manages memory and devices, maintains internal clock, runs programs etc. and is memory resident.
What is the Kernel?
200
The only language the computer directly recognizes, known as the first generation of programming languages
What is Machine Language?
200
All computers and devices on the network connect to a central device
What is Star Topology/Network?
200
The process of dividing the disk into tracks and sectors
What is Formatting?
200
1 billion bytes
What is Gigabyte?
300
A standard that outlines characteristics of how two devices communicate on a network.
What is Protocol?
300
An interpreted language that allows a programmer to add dynamic content and interactive elements to a webpage
What is JavaScript?
300
A cable forms a closed loop with all computers and devices arranged along the ring. Data is transmitted in one direction only
What is Ring Topology/Network?
300
Narrow recording band that forms a full circle on the surface of the disk
What is a Track?
300
1 septillion bytes
What is a Yottabyte?
400
Test that measures the performance of hardware and software
What are Benchmarks?
400
Often referred to the 2nd Generation programming language, instructions are written using symbolic instruction codes,
What is Assembly Language?
400
Computers or devices on a network that share resources such as printers, large hard disks, and programs
What is a Node?
400
Storage device that contains one or more inflexible, circular platters that use magnetic particles to store data, instructions and information.
What is a Hard Disk Drive?
400
1 million bytes
What is a Megabyte?
500
Process of restarting a computer or mobile device while it remains powered on
What is Warm Boot?
500
3rd Generation language in which instructions that tell the computer what to accomplish and how to do it.
What is procedural languages?
500
A hybrid network topology that combines the bus and star topologies
What is a Tree Topology?
500
The process of transferring these items from a storage medium
What is Writing?
500
1 trillion bytes
What is a Terabyte?
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