This common input device translates your hand movements into the movements of a pointer on a screen.
What is a mouse?
100
Windows, Linux, and OS Yosemite are all examples of this.
What is an operating system?
100
This is a user-edited web page or site.
What is a wiki?
100
This type of computer provides resources to other computers in a network.
What is a server?
100
This type of program filters network traffic, controlling what makes it from the internet to your computer.
What is a firewall?
200
This input device captures a digital image of flat, printed material.
What is a scanner?
200
Microsoft Word, Adobe Photoshop, and Quicktime are all examples of this.
What is application software?
200
The actual computing is done in the CPU. What does CPU stand for?
What is a Central Processing Unit?
200
Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Safari are all examples of this.
What is an internet browser?
200
A piece of code that is capable of copying itself and typically has a detrimental effect, such as corrupting the system or destroying data
What is a computer virus?
300
The actual computing is done in the CPU. What does CPU stand for?
What is Central Processing Unit?
300
Many mobile devices run these types of programs, designed to do one specific task.
What is an application (app)?
300
This is a digital audio file made available on the Internet for downloading to a computer or portable media player, typically available as a series
What is a podcast?
300
A web site is made up of one or more of these.
What are web pages?
300
Programs that look at all the information being requested in a network, and try to prevent unwanted data from making it in.
What is filtering software?
400
Computer screens are also known by this term.
What is a monitor?
400
These four programs are a part of the common software suite, Microsoft Office.
What are Word, PowerPoint, Excel, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher
400
This is a personal website or web page on which an individual records opinions, links to other sites, etc. on a regular basis
What is a blog (weblog)?
400
One term means to move information from your own computer to another computer via the internet; the other term means to take information from the internet and put it on your computer.
What are upload and download?
400
A person who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data.
What is a hacker?
500
Unlike CDs, DVDs, or most hard drives, his type of memory device has no moving parts.
What is flash memory?
500
This refers to the underlying hardware or software for a system, and determines what programs can run on that system.
What is a platform?
500
This is an information storage system designed to permit any authorized computer user to access and add to it from their own computer. Often used to host discussions about a topic.
What is a bulletin board?
500
A hard drive that you access through the internet.
What is cloud storage?
500
Illegally acquiring someone's personal information, usually for financial gain.