Programming
This term refers to a “box” that stores a value, like a number or a string.
What is a variable?
This is the “brain” of the computer.
What is the CPU?
This three-letter acronym stands for the system we use to browse websites.
What is the WWW (World Wide Web)?
Name 5 programming languages.
Python, C, Java, JavaScript, C++.
This company created the first widely-used smartphone operating system called iOS.
What is Apple?
This type of error happens when your program breaks while it’s running.
What is a runtime error?
This type of storage loses its data when the computer is turned off.
What is RAM?
This is the unique address every device has on a network.
What is an IP address?
Name 6 parts of a computer’s hardware.
CPU, RAM, GPU, SSD, PSU, motherboard.
This famous computer scientist created the concept of the “Turing Machine.”
Who is Alan Turing?
This type of loop continues running until a specific condition becomes false, making it potentially run an unknown number of times.
What is a while loop?
This hardware component stores your long-term files and programs.
What is hard drive or SSD?
This protocol is used to transfer webpages securely.
What is HTTPS?
Name 7 types of files or file extensions used in computing.
.txt, .pdf, .jpg, .png, .exe, .html, .mp4.
This is the most popular programming language used for web styling.
What is CSS?
This control structure allows a program to choose between multiple branches based on the value of a single variable, often cleaner than writing many if-statements.
What is a switch statement?
This type of storage uses tiny electric charges trapped in cells to retain data even when the computer is powered off.
What is flash memory?
This device gives your home Wi-Fi signal.
What is a router?
Name 8 networking or internet-related technologies.
DNS, DHCP, HTTP, HTTPS, IP, TCP, Wi-Fi, Ethernet.
This 1972 video game, featuring two paddles and a bouncing dot, is often considered the first commercially successful arcade video game.
This term describes converting high-level code into machine-readable instructions.
What is compiling?
This hardware component acts as a high-speed intermediary between the CPU and RAM, storing frequently accessed data to improve performance.
What is the cache?
This networking model describes 7 layers, from physical wires to applications.
What is the OSI model?
Name 8 types of algorithms used in computer science.
binary search, merge sort, Dijkstra’s, BFS, DFS, quicksort, A, hashing
This law states that the number of transistors on a chip doubles roughly every two years.
What is Moore’s Law?