Hardware
What hardware is responsible for visuals on your screen?
Graphics Card
What is a Driver
software that enables specific hardware to work with the operating system on your computer
01001101 What kind of code is this?
Binary Code
What hardware generates a wi-fi signal?
Router
What is the easiest way to increase your accounts security?
Regularly change your password
What is the "backbone" of the computer that connects all hardware?
Motherboard
Software that collects data from you without your knowledge and sends it to the programmer
Spyware
# - number sign, pound key
What is the hardware that brings you internet access?
Modem
What is the name for a secret scrambled message?
Encryption
What hardware is responsible for storing files?
Hard Drive
A piece of software designed to harm a computer?
Virus (Double points if you can define how it works, not how you get one)
Python Coding Where are the errors in this code
for i in range():
Forward()
jUmp() Fire()
Syntax - functions and variables are lowercase
Define an IP Address
A string of numbers assigned to a computer on a network, like the internet.
What are the two common ways you can get a virus on your computer?
1. Clicking links (text or email)
2. Downloading files from the internet
What hardware is known as the "working memory"?
Random Access Memory (R.A.M)
Software that is meant to tell humans apart from computers
CAPTCHA
What is an if statment?
Will execute specific code if a condition is true
Describe a server
A computer that hosts a program;
website, videogame, anything that can be accessed on the web
Name 3 ways to avoid getting a computer virus?
1. Avoid opening attachments from unknown emails
2. Avoid downloads from questionable websites
3. Downloading an anti-virus software
4. Keeping your software/O.S. up to date
What is "the brain" of the computer?
The CPU
Complete the sentence: The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ system is the master programme that manages how software uses the hardware of a computer.
Operating
Where did the term "bug" in coding come from?
In the 1940's the Mark 1 at IBM stopped working because a moth was found inside. The term bug became the term used when describing errors in programs.
What is the rate that information travels through an internet connection?
Bandwidth
What is a firewall?
A network filter that helps block hackers, viruses, and other threats to your computer.