Digital Impact
The Web
Computers
Operating Systems
Software
100
An environment where devices are embedded in everyday objects and communicate over the Internet or wireless networks.
What is the Internet of Things (IoT)?
100
An online tool that searches for results in its database based on the search query (keyword) submitted by the internet user.
What is a search engine?
100
The processor of a computer that executes instructions to computer programs.
What is the CPU (Central Processing Unit)
100
The system that powers every MAC computer.
What is MAC OS?
100
The opposite of a native app, this type of app runs on a server and is accessed through the Internet.
What is a web app?
200
A wide-ranging branch of computer science concerned with building smart machines capable of performing tasks that typically require human intelligence.
What is artificial intelligence (AI)?
200
Automated apps that search web pages, collect data, follow links to other pages, and make updates when information changes.
What is a web crawler or web spider?
200
A test that compares the exact same tasks under the exact same conditions.
What is benchmarking?
200
The best known free to use open-source operating system.
What is Linux?
200
An OS (operating system) that is optimized for a small touchscreen, fast file transfer, cellular, and Wi-Fi connectivity.
What is a mobile operating system?
300
The term used to describe a three-dimensional, computer-generated environment that can be explored and interacted with by a person.
What is virtual reality?
300
An application that allows you to access the World Wide Web and all it has to offer.
What is a web browser?
300
The area of storage a computer uses temporarily while working with programs
What is RAM? (Random Access Memory)
300
One of the more popular operating systems developed by Microsoft.
What is Windows?
300
The type of app used to share comments, articles, and images.
What is social networking?
400
The technology that makes speech recognition possible.
What is natural language processing?
400
Special characters and commands that extend the capabilities of regular text searches. For instance, add quotation marks around a phrase to search for pages that contain that exact phrase.
What is a search operator?
400
A company providing computing services over the Internet.
What is a cloud service provider?
400
The Operating System optimized for web apps.
What is Chrome OS?
400
The hardware is typically needed to participate in a video conference.
What is a camera and microphone?
500
Robotics that use a remote-controlled device.
What is telepresence?
500
Electronic transactions over the Internet.
What is eCommerce?
500
A number system with two digits, 0 and 1.
What is the binary system?
500
The interface that the most common operating systems include.
What is a GUI? (Graphical User Interface)
500
An example of a productivity suite application package.
What is Microsoft Office?
