Computer Components
Global Impact of Technology
Collaboration Technology
Computer Vocab
AI
100

This component supplies power to the computer and it's components.

Power Supply

100

Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram and more are examples of what?

Social Media

100

The combination of excess leisure time and tools to be creative is called what?

Cognitive Surplus

100

Being familiar enough with computers that a user knows how to use them and understands their capabilities and limitations is called what?

Computer Literacy

100

AI that analyzes patterns in data, then uses the patterns to draw conclusions and adjust it's actions accordingly is known as what?

Machine Learning

200

This computer component stores the volatile data.

RAM

200

Automated programs retweeting news stories and quotes are known as what?

Bot Accounts

200

Small donations from a large number of people to start a business is called what?

Crowdfunding

200

Unwanted or junk email is called what?

Spam

200

The process by which great amounts of data are analyzed and investigated is known as what?

Data mining

300

This computer component stores the non-volatile data.

Hard Disk or SSD

300

This tool collects information from e-mails, text messages, blog posts, tweets and then puts them on a map that is publicly available.

Crisis-Mapping Tool

300

Obtaining information or input for a project by obtaining the opinions of many different people is called what?

Crowdsourcing

300

The set of computer programs or instructions that tells the computer what to do and that enables it to perform different tasks is called what?

Software

300

AI systems that help people discover things they may like but are unlikely to discover on their own are known as what?

Recommendation engines

400

This computer component is the backbone of the computer. All other components connect to it.

Motherboard

400

The gap in the levels of Internet access and the availability of technical tools in different regions of the world is known as what?

The Digital Divide

400

Work that is the result of someone’s creativity and knowledge that is protected by copyright law is known as what?

Intellectual Property

400

Data lost after power is turned off is called what?

Volatile Data

400

Robots that look and act like human beings are known as what?

Embodied agents

500

This computer component is known as the brain of the computer.

CPU

500

This technology is dramatically increasing the pace of developing vaccines.

Modeling software and/or AI

500

Using computers and computer networks in a subversive way to promote an agenda is known as what?

Hacktivism

500

Data that is saved after power is turned off is called what?

Non-Volatile Data

500

Application of computer systems and techniques to gather potential legal evidence is known as what?

Computer forensics

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