Vocab
Vocab
Vocab
Vocab
Vocab
100
CPU
What is the Central Processing Unit: the main component that performs all of the Processing, the computer's brain, also known as a microprocessor?
100
WAN
What is a computer network that spans a wider area than does alocal area network(LAN)?
100
WWW
What is the World Wide Web shortened to?
100
computer mouse
What is a hand held input device?
100
computer
What is the machine that performs four functions: input, processing, storage, and output?
200
database
What is a collection of related information organized for rapid search and retrieval, can look like a spreadsheet, but is usually larger?
200
viruses
What is a program that secretly attaches itself to a document or program, and then executes when document is opened or program is launched?
200
URL
What is the uniform resource locator, also called a web address?
200
input
What is data entered into the computer?
200
hardware
What is the physical parts of the computer called?
300
Disk drive
What is a device that reads data off a disk and/or writes datato a disk (hard or floppy)?
300
router
What is a computing device that connects networks and exchanges data between them?
300
software
What is instructions on a disk that make the computer work?
300
printer
What is an output device used to print on paper?
300
output
What is data processed by the computer?
400
Firewall
What is a security system consisting of a combination of hardware and software that limits the exposure of a computer or computer network to attack?
400
server
What is a computer that provides networked computers access tofiles and printers as shared resources?
400
port
What is the place on a computer where cable can be attached?
400
tab
What is an organizational element of the ribbon that displays related groups of buttons?
400
IP address
What is the numerical address of a computer on the Internet ad defined by the Internet Protocol?
500
LAN
What is a local computer network for communication between computers?
500
ribbon
What is an area at the top of an office program window that contains commands for working with the open file; the commands are organized under tabs?
500
spreadsheet
What is a grid of rows and columns in which you entertext, numbers, and the results of calculations(excel)?
500
Plagiarism
What is the unethical act of representing a published author's work as your own?
500
Intranet
What is a network designed for the exclusive use of computer users within an organization that cannot be accessed by users outside the organization?
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