Computer Hardware
Often referred to as the brain of the computer. This piece of hardware performs calculations and instructions.
What is CPU?
This layer 2 unless it is feeling up for task being a layer 3 version, this device connects multiple devices to a local network.
What is switch?
Often confused as a programming language, this markup language is the primary language for web development.
What is HTML?
Bill Gates co-founded this tech giant in 1975.
What is Microsoft?
What is Uniform Resource Locator?
The "animal" of the computer, this hardware component that temporarily stores data for quick access.
What is RAM?
Not from McDonalds, this unique identifier assigned to each network interface card.
What is a MAC address?
In Python, this keyword is used to define a function.
What is def?
The World Wide Web was invented by this British scientist.
Who is Tim Berners-Lee?
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BIOS stand for this.
What is Basic Input/Output System?
This hardware component has significantly faster read/write speeds for its storage.
What is SSD?
The most common wireless standard today. Hail Wi-Fi 6!
What is 802.11ax?
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Also known as troubleshooting, this term refers to the process of finding and fixing errors in code.
What is debugging?
This fruit doesn't fall that far from the tree. This company created the first commercially successful graphical user interface in 1984.
What is Apple?
VPN stands for this.
What is Virtual Private Network?
This type of port replaced VGA for video output, offering digital signals.
What is HDMI?
The term for disguising data so only authorized parties can read it.
What is encryption?
Not swift both in its language name or processing at times, this primary programming is used for Android app development.
What is Java / Kotlin?
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This company's "Pentium" brand was one of the most famous CPU lines of the 1990s.
What is Intel?
HTTP is short for this.
What is Hypertext Transfer Protocol?
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A big number...this specific socket type is used for Intel's 12th-gen Alder Lake desktop CPUs.
What is LGA 1700?
Not to be confused with UDP. The three-way handshake is a method used in this protocol.
What is TCP?
Not a sequel in terms of movies / cinema or ascending order in sequence. This database language is used with manipulating tables and its corresponding relationships.
What is SQL?
The first email was sent in this year.
What is 1971?
In cloud computing, IaaS stands for this.
What is Infrastructure as a Service?
A server's redundant array of independent disks for fault tolerance.
What is RAID?
This type of cyberattack involves overwhelming a system with traffic to make it unavailable.
What is a DDoS?
This type of loop continues until its condition evaluates to false.
What is a while loop?
This was the name of IBM's first personal computer, released in 1981.
What is the IBM PC (Model 5150)?
API is short for this.
What is Application Programming Interface?
This energized box in a computer regulates voltage from the power source to components.
What is a PSU?
This layer of the OSI model handles routing and logical addressing.
What is Layer 3?
In object-oriented programming, this principle restricts access to certain object components.
What is encapsulation?
The first computer virus for MS-DOS, named after a part of the human body.
What is Brain?
ASCII stands for this.
What is American Standard Code for Information Interchange?
Name the process by which a computer's firmware initializes hardware before loading an OS.
What is POST?
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The WPA3 wireless security standards uses this encryption method.
What is SAE?
GIT uses this term to describe a set of changes saved in a repository.
What is a commit?
This UNIX variant became the foundation for macOS.
What is BSD?
This little piece of popcorn is the core component managing system resources and communication between hardware and software.
What is Kernel?