IT Basics
The abbreviation “IT” stands for this.
What is Information Technology?
A keyboard and mouse are examples of this type of device.
What is an input device?
This portable computer typically includes a built-in screen, keyboard, and battery.
What is a laptop?
This is the smallest unit of digital data and can have a value of either 0 or 1.
What is a bit?
Buying products through a website or app is commonly called this.
What is e-commerce?
Physical components of a computer, such as a keyboard, monitor, and motherboard, are collectively called this.
What is hardware?
A monitor displays information, making it this type of device.
What is an output device?
Smartphones and tablets belong to this broad category of portable computing technology.
What are mobile devices?
Eight bits normally make up one of these
What is a byte?
Doctors using technology to provide healthcare to patients from a distance is known as this.
What is telemedicine/telehealth?
Programs and applications that provide instructions for computer hardware are known as this.
What is software?
This computer component executes instructions and performs calculations.
What is the CPU (Central Processing Unit)?
A computer designed primarily to provide resources or services to other computers is called this.
What is a server?
HDDs and SSDs are both commonly used for this purpose.
What is data storage?
Using a username and password to prove who you are is an example of this security process.
What is authentication?
Raw facts such as numbers, names, and measurements are called this before they are processed into meaningful information.
What is data?
A touchscreen belongs to both of these device categories.
What are input and output?
A smart thermostat is an example of this category of physical objects connected to networks and capable of exchanging data.
What is the Internet of Things (IoT)?
Unlike an HDD, this storage device has no moving mechanical parts and uses flash memory.
What is an SSD (solid-state drive)?
A criminal sends an email pretending to be your bank and asks you to click a link and enter your password. This attack is called this.
What is phishing?
Hardware, software, data, people, and processes working together can collectively be described by this term.
What is an information system?
Entering numbers into a spreadsheet, calculating their average, and displaying the result demonstrates these three stages of information processing.
What are input, processing, and output?
A computer built into another product to perform a dedicated function, such as the controller inside a vehicle or appliance, is called this.
What is an embedded system?
Saving a document on a remote system accessed through the Internet rather than only on your computer is commonly called this.
What is cloud storage?
A company collects customers' personal information but fails to properly protect or control how that information is used. This raises concerns primarily about this IT issue.
What is data privacy?