This is known as the smallest measure (unit) of data.
What is a Bit?
It is known as the company to develop the first mobile phone.
What is Motorola? The DynaTAC 8000x
What is the smallest measure (unit) of data in a computer
What is a Bit?
Defined as the smallest unit of data in a computer system. It is used as a short form of Binary & Digit. A bit can have only two values 0 or 1. A nibble comprises 4 bits, a byte is a collection of 8 bits whereas KB (Kilobyte) is equal to 1024 bytes.
What was the fastest growing web browser in 2020?
What is Microsoft Edge?
The new Microsoft Edge was released in January 2020 is based on Chromium. The new chromium-based Microsoft Edge supports an Internet Explorer 11 backwards compatibility mode to assist customers that rely on IE
This was Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console market?
What is The original Xbox?
It has a range of 0.0.0.0 - 255.255.255.255.
What is an IP Address?
This was determined to be the fastest growing web browser in 2020,
What is Microsoft Edge?
Microsoft has absolutely no regrets about gutting its Edge browser and rebuilding it around Chromium, the same underlying engine that powers Google's own Chrome browser.
What does the acronym (SSD) stand for?
Solid State Drive.
SSD uses use flash memory to store data instead of a spinning disk. SSDs have no moving parts, making them much faster, more durable, and less susceptible to mechanical failure than HDDs.
Which model of computer is the best-selling of all time?
Commodore 64 .
C64 is the best selling single computer model of all time with sales of about 30 million units between 1982 and 1993. Commodore blew it, though, and bigger companies like IBM got into the act.
This console has been around through the 5th 6th and 7th generations of gaming.
What is Playstation?
This connects devices over a short distance using radio frequency.
The Institution that is credited for creating the first website.
What is CERN?
CERN is an acronym for the European Organization for Nuclear Research, which comes from the French Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire:
What does DNS stand for?
DNS stands for "Domain Name System".
DNS servers match domain names to their associated IP addresses. When you type a domain name into your browser, your computer contacts your current DNS server and asks what IP address is associated with the domain name.
Which company developed the first mobile phone?
Motorola.
The first mobile phone was invented by Motorola engineer Martin Cooper in 1973 and known as the DynaTAC 8000X.
Installed on a device after clicking on a link without your knowledge.
What is known as Spyware?
Spyware is malicious software that enters a user's computer, gathers data from the device and user, and sends it to third parties without their consent.
This type of drive device has no moving parts.
What is a SSD (Solid State Drive)?
This University created the first ever Computer Science Department.
What is Purdue University?
The first computer science department was formed at Purdue University in 1962.
Blue Tooth is what type of wireless signal?
Radio Signal.
Bluetooth is a short-range, low-power radio transmission technology. It enables exchange of data between devices within a short amount of distance. Bluetooth uses a radio technology called frequency-hopping spread spectrum, which divides transmitted data into packets and transmits each packet.
What does SMS stand for?
Short Message Service.
It is a text messaging service that allows the exchange of short text messages between mobile devices. SMS messages typically have a maximum length of 160 characters and can be sent and received on various mobile networks.
A standalone malicious program that replicates itself without needing to attach to other software.
What is a Worm?
Worms can spread through email attachments, text messages, file-sharing programs, social networking sites, network shares, removable drives, and software vulnerabilities.
A term that references turning something from readable into un-readable.
What is called Encryption?
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The year that the oldest programming language was invented, is still in use today (Bonus* Name of Programming Language)
When is 1957?
('FORTRAN' Formula Translation?)
Fortran is widely considered the oldest programming language still actively used in supercomputing, having been developed in 1957 and specifically designed for scientific and numerical computations.
What is the language that a computer understands?
Binary Language. In the form of 0s & 1s.
A computer can understand assembly language but an assembler is required which convert the assembly language to binary language. Machine language is the language understood by a computer. All programs and programming languages eventually generate or run programs in machine language.
What was the name of the first operating system?
The first operating system used for real work was GM-NAA I/O, produced in 1956 by General Motors' Research division for its IBM 704.
Disguising itself as a standard recognized program, that has a destructive intent/capability.
What is a Trojan Horse?
a type of malicious software (malware) that disguises itself as a legitimate program to trick users into downloading and executing it, allowing attackers to gain unauthorized access to a system and steal sensitive data, all while appearing harmless.