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File Formats
Internet
Software
Hardware
Bits & Bytes
100
is popular compressed audio file format that helped popularize digital music downloads beginning in the late 1990s.
What is MP3
100
a social networking website that was originally designed for college students, but is now open to anyone 13 years of age or older.
What is Facebook
100
is a software program that runs on your computer.
What is Application
100
a device that controls the pointer
What is a Mouse
100
information processed or stored by a computer.
What is Data
200
BMP stands for this
What is Bitmap
200
Mail thats always sent with an "@"
What is email
200
Also known as an "OS," this is the software that communicates with computer hardware on the most basic level.
What is Operating System
200
CPU stands for this
What is Central Processing Unit
200
The prefix comes from the Greek word "gigas," meaning giant.
What is gigabyte
300
PDF stands for this
What is Portable Document Format
300
the world's most popular search engine
What is Google
300
window that opens without the user selecting "New Window" from a program's File menu.
What is Pop Up Window
300
This port can be used to connect your computer to another computer, a local network, or an external DSL or cable modem.
What is Ethernet Cable
300
Most small files on your computer are measured in
What is kilobytes
400
PNG stands for this
What is Portable Network Graphic
400
Originating from the name of Hormel's canned meat,now also refers to junk e-mail or irrelevant postings to a newsgroup or bulletin board.
What is Spam
400
GUI stands for this
What is Graphical User Interface
400
the primary input devices used with a computer.
What is Keyboard
400
is a set of 8 bits that represent a single character in the computer's memory.
What is a byte
500
Windows users will see this term a lot when looking for files on the Internet. This file is a compressed file.
What is zip
500
URL stands for this
What is Uniform Resource Locater
500
This allows you to access the items quickly instead of digging through the directories on your hard drive each time you want to open them.
What is Desktop
500
RAM stands for this
What is Random Access Memory
500
refers to how much data you can send through a network or modem connection.
What is bandwidth