What is hardware?
physical parts of computer that we can touch
What is software?
Set of instructions, data or programs used to operate computers and execute specific tasks
What is internet?
A worldwide collection of interconnected networks.
Three categories of AI:
Narrow AI, General AI, and Strong AI
What is long form of PC register?
Program counter
What are 2 major categories of software?
Application software and system software
Difference between Internet and WWW
World Wide Web (WWW) is only a part of the internet that users can access using web browser software.
AI stimulates intelligent _____(5) behaviour by a computer.
human
What is barcode?
A series of dark and light parallel lines of varying thickness.
What is heuristic cheking?
This is the checking of software for types of behaviour that could indicate a possible virus
What is Trojan horse?
These are malicious programs often disguised as legitimate software; they replace all or part of the legitimate software with the intent of carrying out some harm to the user’s computer system
Chat GPT version 4o
Processor consists of 4 cores:
Quad-core
What is an interrupt?
A signal sent from a device or from software to the microprocessor.
Difference between Session and Persistent cookies.
Session cookies: This type of cookie is stored in temporary memory on the computer, doesn’t actually collect any information from the user’s computer and doesn’t personally identify a user.
Persistent cookies: Persistent cookies remember a user’s log in details (so that they can authenticate the user’s browser). They are stored on the hard drive of a user’s computer until the expiry date is reached or the user deletes it.
Give examples of modern AI applications (3)
ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, DALL-E ,
MidJourney
A difference between SRAM and DRAM
SRAM doesn’t need to be constantly refreshed, SRAM uses flip flops,SRAM is much faster than DRAM
Give 3 features of assembler?
* Translates low-level assembly language to machine code.
* An executable file of machine code is produced.
* Assembled programs are used without assemblers
* An assembled program is usually distributed for general use.
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What is proxy-server?
A server that acts as an intermediary server through which internet requests are processed.
What jobs can be replaced by AI?
Data entry, basic customer service, bookkeeping
finance , transportation service, food service, designers