Significant People
Hardware
Units of Data
Networking
Computer Abbreviations
100
In 1975, Microsoft was founded by these 2 college dropouts
Who are Paul Allen & Bill Gates
100
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It can be a hiding place for food or treasure, or a place for memory on a computer's motherboard
What is a cache
100
Digital computers use this number system in which the decimal number 12 becomes 1100
What is binary
100
Your laptop computer can connect to the Internet using this cable-free technology
What is wi-fi
100
This unit equals about 1,000 megabytes, or about half a million pages of text
What is a gigabyte
200
Both named Steve, these 2 now fabulously wealthy college dropouts founded Apple Computer
Who are Jobs and Wozniak
200
In 1969 Marcian Hoff Jr. condensed all of a computer's arithmetic functions to this one tiny chip
What is a microprocessor
200
This unit equals 8 binary digits of computer code
What is a byte
200
9-letter word for a large computer, often the hub of a system serving many users for data processing
What is a mainframe
200
It's the brains of the computer
What is the central processing unit or CPU
300
He started his company in 1984, building & selling computers out of his dorm at the University of Texas
Who is Michael Dell
300
PS3 makes games more realistic using this alliterative technology which means "to carry out multiple operations or tasks simultaneously"
What is parallel processing
300
This unit equals about 1,000 megabytes, or about half a million pages of text
What is a gigabyte
300
A common way of linking computers in the office is this type of local area networking technology, which uses a Cat5 cable with a special connector
What is ethernet
300
You can't have too much RAM, which stands for this
What is random access memory
400
This director's geek cred was sealed when he sold his film company's computer division and it later became Pixar
Who is George Lucas
400
For better gaming graphics, just add this component that takes binary data and converts it to a picture
What is a graphics card
400
This unit equals 1000 kilobytes or about a million bytes
What is a megabyte
400
Piece of peripheral hardware whose name comes from "Modulator Demodulator"
What is a modem
400
Computer hard drives are usually measured in GBs, which are these
What are gigabytes
500
In 1965 Gordon Moore famously predicted that these would double in processing speed every 18 month.
What are computer chips (or microprocessors or CPUs)
500
It might be cheaper to buy a new computer if this part is fried--it's the main circuit board of your computer
What is a motherboard
500
Expressed as a 1 or a 0, it's the smallest unit of information storable on a computer
What is a bit
500
It can be a hiding place for food or treasure, or a place for memory on a computer's motherboard
What is a cache
500
To hook up a new webcam to your desktop computer, you'll want to use this 3-letter type of port
What is USB