Inside a Computer
The metal case that holds computer's components
What is a computer tower
The nickname for an application
What is an app?
A site containing antennas and other electronic communications equipment, usually in a high place, that makes up a cell in a cellular network
What is a cell tower?
A protocol or group of rules and functions that are used to transfer data over the world wide web. It is required before entering the web address
What is HTTP?
A type of Internet address such as .gov for government, .edu for educational institutions, .com for commercial sites, etc.
What is a Domain Name?
Plays CD ROMS
What is an optical drive?
The brains of a computer that carries out the functions in a computer?
What is the CPU or the Central Processing Unit?
Refers to the area in which a service provider offers its communication service
What is coverage area?
Your computer or computer network has been broken into without your permission
What is Hacked?
A computer program that locates information on the web
What is a search engine?
Stores files temporarily
What is RAM or Random Access Memory?
A computer device that reads, writes, and stores digital data.
What is a hard drive?
What the cell phone company charges for use of the internet of your smartphone.
What is a data package?
A form of fraud where one person assumes the identity of another person
What is identity theft?
A website that is regularly updated and operates like a journal with writing, opinions, experiences, photos, videos, and links to other information on it
What is a blog?
The port that is used to plug in peripherals
What is the USB port?
A computer network that allows for software and hardware to be placed on and accessed on any computer or device
What is cloud computing?
An area where a cell phone does not receive a signal
What is a dead zone?
E-mail that's sent to large groups of people who didn't sign up to receive it
What is SPAM?
The use of letters and punctuation in a message that indicates the emotion of the text
What is an Emoticon?
Where you install extras into the computer, like an audio card.
What is an expansion slot?
The physical parts of a computer
What is hardware?
A company or organization that offers a service, such as web, cable, television, or phone access.
What is a service provider?
Software that allows for navigating the web; it is different from a search engine in that it provides a window in which to search, but does not search itself
What is a web browser?
Representing the language or thoughts of an author as your own, without indicating where the information is from
What is plagiarism?