Tech Talk
Know Your ColorStack
Computer Science 101
Secure the Bag
Chronically Online
100

This language is famous for its use in web browsers and shares part of its name with a popular programming language.

What is JavaScript?

100

ColorStack primarily supports students pursuing careers in this broad field.

What is technology/computing?

100

Computers represent information using these two digits.

What are 0 and 1?

100

This one-page document summarizes your education, experience, projects, and skills for recruiters.

What is a résumé?

100

The abbreviation “POV” means this.

What is Point of View?

200

This three-letter abbreviation stands for Central Processing Unit.

What is CPU?

200

ColorStack was founded with a mission centered on increasing the representation and success of this group in computing.

Who are Black and Latinx students?

200

HTML stands for this.

What is HyperText Markup Language?

200

This professional networking platform is commonly used to connect with recruiters and find internships.

What is LinkedIn?

200

This app popularized short-form vertical videos and the “For You Page.”

What is TikTok?

300

In programming, this structure repeats a block of code until a condition is met.

What is a loop?

300

ColorStack chapters like ours are commonly called this two-word term.

What is a ColorStack chapter?

300

GitHub primarily uses this version-control system to track changes in code.

What is Git?

300

In interviews, STAR stands for Situation, Task, Action, and this.

What is Result?

300

Programmers traditionally use this phrase as their first output when learning a new language.

What is “Hello, World!”?

400

This data structure follows the rule “Last In, First Out.”

What is a stack?

400

Internships, mentorship, networking, and technical development all contribute to this major ColorStack goal.

What is career development?

400

In object-oriented programming, this concept allows one class to acquire properties and methods from another.

What is inheritance?

400

This type of interview typically tests coding, algorithms, problem-solving, or technical knowledge.

What is a technical interview?

400

A programmer spends three hours debugging only to discover they forgot this tiny punctuation mark commonly used in languages such as C++ and Java.

What is a semicolon?

500

This algorithmic notation describes how runtime or memory usage grows as input size increases.

What is Big O notation?

500

Name three ways a student can actively benefit from being involved in ColorStack.

Examples: networking, mentorship, internships, technical skills, community, career preparation, leadership.

500

This search algorithm repeatedly cuts a sorted search space in half and has an O(log n) time complexity.

What is binary search?

500

You meet a recruiter and have only about 30 seconds to introduce yourself, your experience, and what you're looking for. This short introduction is commonly called this.

What is an elevator pitch?

500

You push directly to the main branch at 4:59 PM on Friday and immediately leave. Your teammates would probably describe this as doing what?

What is choosing violence? 😭