Intelligence
Information Storage
Memory
Operating Systems
Abbreviations
100

True or false: learning, thoughts, compassion, feelings, decisions, speech, intuition, social interactions, problem solving, and physical actions are all descriptions of human intelligence.

False

100

The part of your computer that allows it to keep information.

Storage

100

The time it takes for a computer to retrieve, modify, or create information.

Latency

100

The layer of computing that is above the hardware level and below the application software level.

Operating system

100

Wireless Fidelity

Wi-Fi

200

The meaning of the acronym AI.

Artificial Intelligence

200

Everything that your computer 'knows.'

Storage

200

What your computer is 'thinking' about at the moment.

Memory

200

Windows, macOS, Linux, and Chrome OS are examples of this.

Operating systems

200

OS

Operating System

300

A list of steps needed for a human or a computer to complete a process.

Algorithm

300

A term describing using multiple sections of defense to protect the information that is stored on a computer.

Layers

300

The ability of a human or computer to retrieve stored information for processing.

Memory

300

The most widely-used operating system for mobile devices.

Android

300

GUI

Graphical User Interface

400

The CIA principle that is protected when only certain people are given access to the information on a computer.

Confidentiality

400

Don't use public Wi-Fi, change passwords often, and install updates are all ways to _______ the security of information that is stored on a device.

Improve or protect

400

The units that work together to form computer memory.

bits or binary digits or zeros and ones

400

The first open source operating system.

Linux

400

PC

Personal computer or non-Mac computer.

500

The CIA principle that is protected when information is stored in a computer because people can remember things incorrectly.

Integrity

500

The icon that will appear at the beginning of the web address bar on a secure site.

lock

500

The part of a computer that acts as its 'brain.'

Central Processing Unit (CPU)

500

The security technique that isolates a new program and runs it to make sure it is safe before releasing it in the operating system.

sandbox

500

Uniplexed Information and Computing System

UNIX

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