Computer Fundamentals Terms
This is a physical part of a computer.
What is hardware?
This is where files are stored and organized on a computer.
What is a folder/directory?
This is malicious software designed to harm a system.
What is malware?
This is a collection of related data organized in rows and columns. Workbooks are made up of this.
What is a spreadsheet?
This is a collection of organized data.
These are the programs and instructions a computer runs.
What is software?
This identifies the type of file (like .docx or .xlsx).
What is a file extension?
This is a secure method requiring two forms of verification.
What is two-factor authentication?
This is a pre-defined formula that performs calculations automatically.
What is a function.
This uniquely identifies each record in a table.
What is a primary key?
This is a the brain of the computer that processes instructions.
What is the CPU?
This refers to saving a file with a new name or location.
What is "Save As"?
What is social engineering?
What is a chart?
This retrieves specific data from a database.
What is a query?
DAILY DOUBLE
A student says, "My CPU is full."
Explain why this statement is right or wrong.
What is CPU processes data, while storage is what holds the data?
This is a pre-designed document used to save time.
What is a template?
A type of AI that uses machine learning, particularly deep learning models trained on vast datasets, to create new, original content.
What is Generative AI?
This type of chart shows parts of a whole.
What is a pie chart?
This is the database tool that Microsoft created in 1992.
This type of memory is temporary and clears when the computer shuts off.
What is RAM?
DAILY DOUBLE
Explain the difference between Save and Save As and when you would use each.
What is Save updates the current file and Save As creates a new version.
This is when AI systems unfairly favor certain groups.
What is bias?
An interactive table use to instantly summarize, analyze, and explore large datasets without using formulas.
What is a pivot table.
This is the structure language used to build webpages.
What is HTML?