Impact of Computing
Algorithms reflecting societal bias, such as facial recognition misidentifying minorities.
What is bias in computing?
Data about the data
What is Metadata?
What does IP stand for in networking?
What is Internet Protocol
Convert the binary number 1010 to decimal.
10
Identifying the problem or need
What is the first step in the software development process?
Increased access to education and information because of the world wide web.
What is one positive global impact of the internet?
A type of compression that removes data
What is lossy compression?
What system translates human-readable URLs into IP addresses?
What is DNS (Domain Name System)
How many bits are in one byte?
8
Repeating the design-test-debug cycle to improve a program
What is "iterative development"?
Unequal access to technology and the internet.
What is the "digital divide"?
To isolate relevant information or remove unwanted data (create a subset) from a dataset
What is data filtering?
It is the protocol used to transfer web pages.
What is HTTP?
What character is represented by the ASCII code 01000001?
capital A
Diverse perspectives lead to better solutions and fewer errors
What is a benefit of collaboration?
Preventing misuse of personal data and protecting individual rights.
What is data privacy?
To remove errors, inconsistencies, or irrelevant data for accurate results in a dataset.
What is data cleaning?
The ability to continue operating even if part of the system fails.
What is fault tolerance in a computer network?
What happens when you exceed the maximum number a binary system can represent?
An overflow error occurs.
Lines unread by the compiler, used to explain code to programmers
What are comments in code?
AI models can amplify bias, but not on purpose.
What are unintended consequences?
A chart shows a sharp spike in website searches about dogs. Why?
A viral event, media coverage, or bot traffic.
Chunks of data traveling across the internet that follow different routes to the destination and are reassembled.
What are packets
How many different values can be represented with 5 bits?
32
Reduced complexity, hiding the details, making code easier to understand or reuse
What is abstraction?