Computing Systems
This component of a computing system refers to the physical devices like computers, servers, and mobile devices.
What is hardware?
This tool used by students daily is a global network connecting billions of devices for communication and information sharing.
What is the internet?
This game is the most played mobile video game in human history.
What is "Candy Crush"?
Computer networks consist of interconnected computing devices. What is the term for devices like computers, routers, and switches within a network?
What are "nodes"?
Theres are sets of rules and procedures related to internet processes.
What are "Internet Protocols"?
This distributed computing system involves a central server providing services to multiple clients.
What is the client-server model?
This term refers to the unique address assigned to each device connected to a network.
What is an IP Address?
This game was initially designed as a tool to teach people how to use a mouse and used to be the most played video game of all time; unfortunately, it is no longer included by default in Windows devices.
What is "Minesweeper"?
What type of links enable data to flow between nodes and can be physical (e.g., cables) or wireless (e.g., waves)?
What are "links"?
Which Internet protocol is responsible for routing data packets across the Internet and ensuring data reaches the correct destination?
What is "IP (Internet Protocol)"?
This is the ability of a system to handle an increasing workload by adding resources.
What is scalability?
When you enter a URL in your web browser, what does the browser use to locate the corresponding web page on the Internet?
What is the "domain name"?
When playing Minecraft with a friend you may choose to directly connect via using port forwarding. What is this kind of distributed computing model called?
What is the "Peer-to-peer Model"?
In computer networks, paths represent connections between devices. What is the term for devices that send information to the next stop along a path?
What are "routers"?
What is the system responsible for translating human-readable domain names into numerical IP addresses on the internet?
What is "DNS"?
This involves the simultaneous execution of multiple tasks to increase computational speed and efficiency.
What is parallel processing?
The Internet is often described as a vast "web" of connected devices. What does the acronym "WWW" stand for?
What is the "World Wide Web"?
Graphically intensive video games like Cyberpunk 2077 rely on this powerful processing procedure which has the GPU simultaneously executing multiple tasks.
What is parallel processing?
Wireless links use wireless signals like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. How do these signals transmit data between devices?
What are "radio waves"?
It's a security protocol used to encrypt data transmitted over the Internet for secure communication.
What is "HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure)"?
IoT stands for this term, referring to a network of interconnected devices that can communicate and share data.
What are Internet of Things (IoT) Devices?
This is an organization that provides services for accessing, using, managing, or participating in the Internet that is commonly abbreviated as ISP.
This space shooter was the first video game to incorporate rated matchmaking to ensure fair skill-based multiplayer games.
What is "Halo 2"?
What is the standard notation used to represent IP addresses, separating four consecutive octets by periods?
What is "Dotted Decimal Notation"?
What organization oversees the development and management of protocols?
What is the "Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)"?