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The smallest unit of information storage.

What is a bit?

100
The parts of the computer that you can touch
What is hardware?
100
An extra copy
What is a backup?
100
Part of the internet with linked pages, picture, sounds, videos, etc.
What is the web?
100
A tiny picture on the screen
What is an icon?
200
The most important part of the computer. It is the processor.
What is the CPU?
200
The programs that run on a computer
What is software?
200
A portable diskette to store information on. Not used very often anymore.
What is a floppy?
200
To get a file from another computer across a network
What is download?
200
Temporary storage on chips.
What is memory?
300
8 bits
What is a byte?
300
A document that puts data in rows and columns
What is a spreadsheet?
300
A portable disc that stores about 650 MB of read-only information
What is a CD-ROM?
300
A software program you use to explore the web. Examples are Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari.
What is a browser?
300
Tiny dot of light on the screen
What is a pixel?
400
Tiny piece of silicon with electronic circuits
What is a chip?
400
The program you would most likely use to type an essay.
What is Word?
400
A kind of memory that holds files while you are using them
What is RAM?
400
To communicate with someone by typing rather than talking face-to-face.
What is chat?
400
Digitizes pictures or other documents
What is a scanner?
500
A bundle of computer wires.
What is a cable?
500
The program you would most likely use to create a presentation with pictures, videos, sounds, and text
What is PowerPoint?
500
DOUBLE JEOPARDY ANY CATEGORY
What is binary?
500
Millions of computer around the world connected by a network of networks
What is the internet?
500
Where a column and row intersect on a table
What is a cell?
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