The History of Computers
True or False: Computers have only been around since the 1940’s
What is false?
Input device that controls the cursor on a screen for pointing, selecting and clicking
What is a mouse?
The short term, volatile storage of a computer
What is RAM (random access memory)?
A standard that defines the structure of an Internet address and assigns a unique address to every device on the Internet
What is the Internet Protocol (IP)?
To translate domain names into IP addresses
What is the Domain Name System (DNS)?
In the ancient world, this was a practical calculating tool.
What is an abacus?
Flash drive, CD, RAM, Hard drive
What is storage?
A circuit board with ports and sockets used to connect the main devices of a computer is called the
What is motherboard?
This makes sure that each request is forwarded to its intended recipient
What is the router?
A small part of a digital message and metadata about the message.
What is a packet?
Something that performs calculations by following and executing specific instructions to solve a problem
What is a computer?
To allow the computer to display or communicate the result of a computation
What is an output device?
The core component of a device that accepts and executes instructions
What is CPU (central processing unit)?
The more current protocol that has 2^128 possible values for each device that goes on the internet
What is IPV6?
Developed the first compiler and the COBOL programming (also discovered the first computer bug)
Who is Grace Hopper?
Manages memory allocation for all applications
What is an operating system?
Silent, durable, non-volatile storage device
What is SSD (Solid state drive)?
The capacity of data transfer in a system.
What is bandwidth?
For any two points on the Internet, there exists more than one path between the two devices
What is redundancy?
The first programmer
Who is Ada Lovelace?
The following are examples:
I. Browser
II. Text editor
III. Games
IV. File Explorer
What is software application?
A special kind of firmware that runs programs strictly to start up the computer is called the
What is BIOS?
The time it takes for a bit to travel from sender to receiver
What is latency?
The ability to provide data transmission even when some connections between routers have failed
What is fault tolerance?