Unit 1
(Impacts of Computing)
(Impacts of Computing)
A human-made invention intended to make life better.
Technology
An electronic record of what a person has used, accessed, and posted online.
Digital Footprint
Abstraction
The "brain" of the computer that takes inputs and turns them into outputs.
CPU / Processor
A place set aside in computer memory to store information that can change.
Variable
Virtual art exhibits are an example of computing technology that most directly connects to which category of impact?
Cultural
Small text files that are generated when you access the Internet.
Cookies
A base-2 number system that only uses the digits 0 and 1.
Binary
Short-term memory storage that allows the computer to have multiple programs running at once.
RAM / Random Access Memory
The programming term for a repeat block.
Loop
Built-in formulas that calculate values like average and sum automatically in a spreadsheet.
Functions
Using more than one way to sign in to an account or service. For example, a password and a fingerprint.
DAILY DOUBLE - place a wager!
See Question 2 from Mr. Hyden
Green
HDD, SSD / Hard Drive
Another term for "if-statement"
Conditional
Cloud Storage
Information that is often attached to files and shows details, like file size, data modified, etc.
Metadata
The American Standard Code for Information Interchange, a system that maps binary to characters on a keyboard.
ASCII
The circuit board that houses nearly all other computer components.
Motherboard
A block used in Scratch that allows you to combine words with the values in variables.
JOIN
DAILY DOUBLE - place a wager!
See Question 1 from Mr. Hyden
Domain Name Extension
Legally and ethically borrowing intellectual property owned by someone else for educational or nonprofit purposes.
Fair Use
The system that has largely replaced ASCII.
Unicode
An area on the motherboard where additional expansion cards can be installed.
PCI(e) slots
A mixture of human-readable language and computer language.
Pseudocode