Impact of Computing
Binary and Data
The Internet and the Web
Computers and Algorithms
Programming
Wild Cards
100

An exclusive right that applies to tangible works

Copyright

100

A compression algorithm in which file size is reduced without quality loss

Lossless Compression

100

A collection of information that is accessed via the Internet such as web pages or the cloud (The acronym is half points)

World Wide Web

100

This is a step-by-step set of instructions used to solve a problem or perform a task.

What is an algorithm?

100

This operator is used to change the value of a variable (the name, not the symbol)

Assignment operator =

100

This physical component is used for long-term preservation of data, such as a Solid State Drive (SSD).

What is storage/ROM?

200

Works that are not protected by copyright

Public Domain

200

Binary 00010111 in decimal.

23

200

The hardware that connects computers together to transfer data

Network

200

This term refers to the programs and apps running on your computer.

Software

200

The number of times sup prints out:

3

200

This component is often called the "brain" of the computer because it processes instructions and calculations.

CPU/processor

300

Symbols or words that a company has exclusive rights to use

Trademark

300

The following data sizes in order from smallest to largest:
Byte, Kilobyte, Gigabyte, Terabyte, Bit, Megabyte, Petabyte

Bit, Byte, Kilobyte, Megabyte, Gigabyte, Terabyte, Petabyte

300

A type of computer that forwards data across a network

Router

300

This type of memory is "volatile," meaning its data is lost when the power is turned off.

What is RAM?

300

Everything that prints out in this program:

202

100

100

202

300

A form of malware where the attacked encrypts your files and demands payment.

Ransomware

400

Malware which appears harmless and pretends to do something useful

Trojan horse

400

Binary 10001001 in decimal.

137

400

The HTML tag used to create the largest size heading

<h1> 

400

An action a computer performs when it receives data.

Processing

400

Everything that prints out in this program:

NOOO

oops

400

This 7-bit encoding system was designed to represent English characters as numbers.

ASCII

500

Works which copyright is reserved but can be copied

Creative Commons

500

Decimal 97 in binary.

1100001

500

Small chunks of information that have been carefully formed from larger chunks of information for transmission across the Internet.

Packets

500

A problem-solving approach in which you break a larger problem into smaller pieces

Top-Down Design

500

Everything that prints out when this program is run:

Hello

Hello

oops

500

The length of a copyright.

Life of the author + 70 years

600

Differing access to computing devices and the Internet, based on socioeconomic, geographic, or demographic characteristics

Digital Divide

600

Decimal 600 in binary

1001011000

600

The complete line of code needed to create this red paragraph text:

<p style="color:red;">Hello, World!</p>

600

The type of operators that include <, >, <=, >=, ===, !===

Comparison operators

600

The number of times Nope prints out:

200

600

A type of attack where multiple compromised computer systems attack a target, such as a server or website, to cause a denial of service for users.

DDOS Attack

700

An error in which certain elements of a data set do not accurately reflect the full population or phenomenon

Data bias

700

The number of possible colors in a color code with 2 bits per color channel.

512

700

A design feature of the Internet that allows it to continue operating properly in the event of the failure of some of its components (like a broken wire).

Fault Tolerance (or Redundancy)

700

The type of operators that include AND, OR, NOT

Logical Operators

700

What prints out when we run this program:

23

92

46

700

A type of programming error where the code won't even start running due to typing the language incorrectly.

Syntax error

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