Computer Science
All basic hardware and software that work together to make a computer run.
What is a computing system?
Thousands of years ago, people made these devises using wire and beads to help them calculate complex math.
What is an abacus?
A step-by-step process that is repeatable with similar results.
What is a systematic approach?
Computers are these...
What are Information Processors?
A collection of unorganized figures, words and numbers that have not yet been given meaning.
What is data?
A type of problem solving; it includes the study of computers , their design and the way they process information.
What is Computer Science?
In 1945, Americans created this computer.
What is the ENIAC?
The area of study in computer science that studies the user interface of computers.
What is Human-Computer Interaction?
Processes information from satellites to help us find the quickest route to our destination and even avoid traffic.
What are map apps?
Data that has been given meaning.
What is Information?
A list of instructions on how to do something.
What is an algorithm?
The first mass-produced personal computer that was introduced in 1977.
What is the APPLE II?
Finding and fixing errors in a program.
What is debugging?
Using radio frequency to detect the presence of or distance from an object.
What is radar?
Information that has been processed by a computer.
What is Output Data?
A set of instructions that has been coded into a language that a computer can understand.
What is a program?
A program designed for the user to perform a task...like take a photo.
What is an application (or app)?
An interface that makes it easy for all types of users to use.
What is a good user interface?
Artificial intelligence.
What is AI?
A system of symbols, letters and numbers used to represent something else.
What is Code?
A group of connected computers.
What is a network (or a computer network)?
A portable plug-in device used to store information.
What is a USB (flash drive; thumb drive or USB stick)?
The interface of game playing on a computer.
Our world has moved through the Stone Age, the Dark Ages and the Industrial Age. This is the Age we live in now.
What is the Information Age?
What is decode?