Circuits & Electricity
Computers & Hardware
Networks & Internet
Big Ideas in Tech
Early Beginnings
100
In this type of circuit, if one bulb goes out, all of them go out.
What is a series circuit?
100
This part is often called the "brain" of the computer.
What is the central processing unit (CPU)?
100
This is the full form of "www".
What is world wide web?
100
This type of engagement has no purpose and is used to distract you.
What is clickbait?
100
The earliest computers, as we know them, were approximately this size.
What is a room?
200
In this type of circuit, electricity has multiple paths to go down.
What is a parallel circuit?
200
This part is responsible for generating the computer's pretty pictures.
What is the graphics processing unit (GPU)?
200
This device sends Wi-Fi to your other devices.
What is a router?
200
This type of engagement is used to provoke a reaction from you.
What is ragebait?
200
Margaret Hamilton was responsible for the success of this famous event.
What is the moon landing (Apollo 11)?
300
This component reduces the flow of electricity and is measured in ohms.
What is a resistor?
300
This type of memory forgets everything when the power is turned off.
What is the random-access memory (RAM)?
300
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300
This type of technology enables computers to find complex patterns and simulate human intelligence.
What is artificial intelligence?
Bonus: What is machine learning?
300
This man laid the groundwork for AI and played a key role in Germany's defeat in WWII.
Who is Alan Turing?
400
This is the flow of electric charge.
What is current?
400
This type of memory keeps your files safe when you cycle the power.
What is the hard drive (SSD or HDD)?
400
This is the process of scrambling information so only the right person can read it.
What is encryption?
400
We call this a set of instructions that a computer follows to solve a problem.
What is an algorithm?
400
This woman is often called the first computer programmer.
Who is Ada Lovelace?
500
This pushes electricity through a circuit.
What is voltage?
500
This part allows the CPU, GPU, RAM, and storage to communicate.
What is the motherboard?
500
Every device on the internet has one of these unique numbers.
What is an IP address?
500
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500
This was the name of the first digital computer.
What is the ENIAC?