The Internet
The Axis powers of WWII consisted of which three countries. (2x points if Will answers correctly)
Italy, Germany, and Japan
What does it mean for a system to be fault tolerant?
The ability of a system to keep working even if part of it fails.
The gap between those who have access to technology and those who do not
The Digital Divide
What is crowdsourcing
Getting input or work from a large group of people online.
Protecting systems and data from attacks
What is cyber security?
These were invented to allow computers to communicate using standardized rules
Protocols
Running multiple tasks at the same time on different processors.
parallel computing
The three factors that contributes to the digital divide
Economic, Geographic, Demographic
An example of crowdsourcing in actio
Wikipedia / Google Maps traffic data / reviews?
Malicious software designed to harm or exploit systems
Malware
This channels information along the internet. Think Highway system.
Router
Computing that uses multiple devices over a network to solve a problem
distributed computing
One impact of the digital divide on education
Teacher's Discretion
One advantage of crowdsourcing.
faster results or diverse input
Explain the difference between ethical and unethical computing
Ethical = follows laws/rules; Unethical = harmful or illegal use
This is broken apart when traveling through the internet and then put back together.
A packet
Why redundancy improves fault tolerance
backup components take over if one fails
How governments or organizations can reduce the digital divide
providing internet access or affordable devices
One disadvantage or risk of crowdsourcing
inaccurate information or lack of reliability
Describe one ethical concern related to data collection.
privacy invasion, data misuse, or lack of consent
The early network, funded by the US department of Defense is...
The ARPANET
Task A - 30 sec
Task B - 55 sec
Task C - 10 sec
How long for sequential? How long for parallel when A & C run together? How much time do you save?
95 sec, 55 sec, 40 sec
Explain why closing the digital divide is important for societ
it promotes equal opportunity and economic growth
A navigation app uses crowdsourced traffic data. Describe one benefit and one limitation of using crowdsourcing in this scenario
Benefit: real-time updates from many users
Limitation: inaccurate data if users report incorrectly or data is unevenly distributed
What type of cybersecurity concern does Rohan do to Mr. O'Keefe everyday?
Doxxing