5 Generations of Computers
The generation of computers that have not been invented yet.
What is the sixth generation?
The 4 functions of a computer
What are - Input-Processing- Storage- Output-?
The base number of binary calculations.
What is base 2
He started Microsoft
Who is Bill Gates?
Another term that refers to starting up a computer?
What is booting or booting up
These were built in the 50's and 60's and made computers less expensive, faster, and more dependable.
What are transistors?
The purpose of this is to translate a domain name into the appropriate IP address.
What is DNS(Domain name system)?
This is the maximum value of the first 8 bits
11111111
What is 255?
Ashton Kutcher played him in the most recent film biography.
Who is Steve Jobs
This specific software that allows you to find information on the world wide web
What is a browser?
What are Vaccuum tubes
This is the act of which identity thieves send fraudulent e-mails to people masquerading
as legitimate businesses to obtain Social Security numbers or other information needed for
identity theft.
What is phishing?
00001000 in decimal form
What is 8
During WWII he broke German cipher codes.
Who is Alan Turing?
What are operating systems?
Integrated Circuit is a major component of this generation of computers
what is the 3ed generation
A sequence of numbers that uniquely identifies each computer or device connected to the Internet
What is an IP address
24 in binary
00011000
He invented the World Wide Web in 1989.
Who is Sir Tim Berners-Lee?
This relies on software to simulate hardware functionality and create a computer system. This enables IT organizations to run more than one system
What is Virtulization?
This really small chip was a boon for the 4th generation of computers.
What are microprocessors?
a set of computers that share information with each other.
What is a computer network?
4 bits
What is a nibble?
The CEO of YouTube.
Susan Wojcicki
Two types of computer memory
what is RAM and ROM