Acronyms
Software
Hardware
Internet
Random
100
RAM
What is Random Access Memory
100
Protects you computer from attacks
What is anti-virus software
100
Converts AC Power to DC Power
What is Power Supply
100
WWW
What is the World Wide Web
100
GUI
What is Graphical User Interface
200
CPU
What is Central Processing Unit
200
Programming language that we will be learning soon
What is Java
200
A place where one wire or cable is plugged into the computer
What is a port
200
Connection that link webpages together
What is a hyperlink
200
This rule helps keep you from paying for a new lab laptop
What is the 2-hand rule
300
USB
What is Universal Serial Bus
300
Windows XP login domain for our lab
What is BCA
300
A strip of connectors on a PC motherboard into which adapter cards are plugged into
What is expansion slot
300
LAN
What is a Local Area Network
300
The language that webpages are written
What is HTML
400
ROM
What is Read Only Memory
400
Windows 7 or Windows XP or UNIX
What is an operating system
400
What are the two methods in which data can be passed within a computer and its buses
Parallel and Serial
400
All computers can be grouped into 2 categories on the internet
What are servers and clients
400
A keyboard has its creator's last name on it, in a straight line.
What is Mr. Qwerty
500
LED
What is Light Emitting Diode
500
Control - Z
What is the keyboard shortcut to undo your last entry in many software programs
500
What colors are used in the making of a sub-pixel
Red Green Blue (RGB)
500
A group of computers on a network that act as one unit, usually in a company or school
What is a domain
500
Cntl-Y
What is repeat the last command (in many programs)