IT Potpourri
The Internet
Telecommunications
Software
Hardware
100
Principle that all Internet traffic should be treated equally.
What is Net Neutrality?
100
Network of networks that connects computers all over the world.
What is the Internet?
100
In TCP/IP communications, these allow incremental change to infrastructure components without requiring widespread changes to entire system of protocols or to the software supporting it.
What are layers?
100
Of the 3 main types of software, this supports the management and use of a computer by adding functionality to the OS.
What is the utility software?
100
Chip which serves as the brains of a computer, also known as the CPU.
What is the processor (or microprocessor)?
200
Web site that anyone can edit directly from within the browser, with WYSIWYG editing capabilities, serving as an online knowledge repository on a topic.
What is a Wiki?
200
Connections enabling users to move from one Web page or Web site to another.
What are hyperlinks?
200
Type of media that transmits data through the air.
What is wireless?
200
Software whose source code is open to public view.
What is open source software?
200
This type of computer is a machine that provides services to programs or multiple, simultaneous users working on other computers.
What is a server?
300
Concept of offering a job up to a large pool of people via open call.
What is Crowdsourcing?
300
A future system of generating IP addresses that will result in an almost infinite number of addresses.
What is IPv6?
300
When selecting media, this factor deals with how penetrable the media is to threats.
What is security?
300
Replacement of computer resources (hardware, software) with services provided via the Internet.
What is cloud computing?
300
Factor in computer performance that involves where data and files are saved for long-term use.
What is storage?
400
Type of software that supports the management and use of a computer by adding functionality to the OS software.
What is a Utility?
400
Name of a Web site or network.
What is a domain?
400
When selecting media, this factor deals with network transmission speed.
What is bandwidth?
400
Microsoft Excel is an example of this type of software.
What is application software?
400
Theory that microchip computing power doubles per dollar every 18 months to 2 years.
What is Moore's Law?
500
These use global positioning systems (GPS) on mobile devices to triangulate your physical location and tag tweets and photos These are also used to recommend nearby services, such as coffee shops and restaurants.
What are Location-based Services?
500
Computer that stores and distributes documents that can be retrieved via a Web client.
What is a Web server?
500
True or False? Cellular technology is both wired and wireless.
What is true?
500
Subscribing to 3rd party software, received as a service, delivered online.
What is Software as a Service (SaaS)?
500
Discarded, unwanted technology components.
What is e-waste?
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