Computer Repair
Networking Fundamentals
Computer History
Digital Number Systems
The Internet
100
This program resides in EPROM and automatically runs when the computer is started.
What is the Boot-Strap-Loader?
100
A networking device that forwards data from one network to another
What is a router?
100
This company started after one of its founders built a computer for his own use.
What is Apple?
100
A number system with a Base of 2
What is what is Binary?
100
This is an acronym for World Wide Web
What is WWW
200
Adding more of this may speed your computer up
What is RAM
200
The Internet Protocol (IP) that routes most traffic on the Internet
What is IPV4?
200
His "Difference Engine" set the foundation for programmable computers.
Who was Charles Babbage?
200
A type of algebra which defines the logic for digital circuits
What is Boolean?
200
A video sharing website started by three former PayPal employees
What is YouTube?
300
This system is integrated into the motherboard but many gamers add an upgrade version to improve their game playing experience
What is a graphics card?
300
A small hardware device that joins multiple computers together within one local area network.
What is a switch or a hub?
300
Microsoft bought this operating system from Seattle Computer Products (SBC)
What is DOS?
300
A number system with a Base of 16
What is Hexadecimal
300
Sending e-mails to users to falsely gather information that will be used for identity theft.
What is Phishing?
400
A process that is preformed by firmware soon after a computer is turned on
What is P.O.S.T.
400
A local-area network (LAN) architecture developed by Xerox Corporation
What is ETHERNET?
400
He wrote an open letter to computer "Hobbyists" and took them to task for using his software without payment.
Who was Bill Gates?
400
The decimal equivalent of the hexadecimal number F
What is 15?
400
A large wide-area network created by the United States DoD that is considered the precursor to the Internet.
What is ARPANET
500
Interface for mass storage devices, in which the controller is integrated into the disk or CD-ROM drive.
What is IDE?
500
This system allows more users and devices to communicate on the Internet by using bigger numbers to create IP addresses.
What is IPV6?
500
After experimenting with this microcomputer kit Steve Wozniak built his own computer
What is the Altair 8800?
500
This is equal to 8 binary bits
What is a Byte?
500
This hacking technique crashes websites by flooding them with requests and pings.
What is Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)
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