Computer Basics
Internet and Networking
Mobile Tech
Cybersecurity
Tech History
100

This component, often called the "brain" of the computer, processes instructions.

What is the CPU (Central Processing Unit)?

100

This networking technology allows devices to connect to the internet wirelessly.

What is Wi-Fi?

100

These are the two most popular mobile operating systems.

What are iOS and Android?


100

This basic security measure involves using a combination of letters, numbers, and symbols to protect accounts.

What is a strong password?

100

This company, founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in 1976, introduced the Macintosh computer.

What is Apple?

200

This type of software manages hardware and software resources on a computer.

What is an operating system?

200

This global system of interconnected computer networks was developed in the 1960s.

What is the Internet?

200

This term refers to software applications designed to run on mobile devices.

What are apps (or mobile applications)?

200

This security feature requires a second form of identification in addition to a password.

What is two-factor authentication?

200

This co-founder and his wife became the world's biggest tech philanthropists.

Who is Bill Gates (and Melinda Gates)?

300

This term refers to the physical components of a computer system.

What is hardware?

300

These unique addresses are used to identify devices on a network.

What are IP addresses?

300

This latest generation of cellular network technology promises faster speeds and lower latency.

What is 5G?

300

This type of malicious software encrypts a user's files and demands payment for the decryption key.

What is ransomware?

300

This programming language, developed by Dennis Ritchie at Bell Labs in the early 1970s, revolutionized operating system development and is still widely used today.

What is C?

400

This type of memory temporarily stores data for active programs and is cleared when the computer is turned off.

What is RAM (Random Access Memory)?

400

This network device directs data packets between computer networks.

What is a router?

400

This type of mobile app runs within a browser and doesn't need to be installed on the device.

What is a web app?

400

This practice of sending fraudulent emails pretending to be from reputable companies is a common security threat.

What is phishing?

400

This British mathematician and computer scientist is often considered the father of artificial intelligence.

Who is Alan Turing?

500

This type of software is embedded in hardware devices and provides low-level control.

What is firmware?

500

This protocol suite is the foundation of internet communication, named after its two main protocols.

What is TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol)?

500

This technology allows mobile devices to make secure payments by tapping on a terminal.

What is NFC (Near Field Communication)?

500

This type of security software creates a barrier between a trusted internal network and untrusted external networks.

What is a firewall?

500

This wartime need was the primary motivation for creating the first general-purpose electronic computer, ENIAC.

What is calculating artillery firing tables (or ballistic trajectories)?

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