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Computer Science Terms
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Logic and Numbers
100

Information is lost when power is off.

Volatile

100

How a computer takes in information from a user. 

Input

100

A tag-based programming language designed to create websites.

HTML

100
Released in 1977, this was one of the earliest popular home gaming devices that could play a variety of games. It used cartridges for games. It's name means "to hit a target".

Atari (2600)

100

A base 16 number system which uses 16 different ‘digits’ to represent each value.

Hexadecimal

200

What is the piece of hardware known as the "brains of the computer"

CPU

200

The part of a computer that connects all of the components to the processor.

Motherboard

200

Small pieces of data transferred between computers when communicating.

Packet

200

The first electronic, programmable, general purpose computer ever built. It was at the University of Pennsylvania and used vacuum tubes.

ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer)

200

The number "fifty" in hexadecimal form.

32

300

A way of explaining or communicating that simplifies complex concepts by removing detail and automating certain functions. Layers of this make coding languages possible. 

Abstraction

300
This hardware component allows a computer to talk to other computers, including the internet.

Network Card (NIC)

300

A way to share data over a network where the data is not in a central location, but rather pieces of information are gathered from various other users.

Peer to Peer

300

These were developed as a form of large, non-volatile storage that has much faster access and no moving parts to break down.

SSD (Solid State Drive)

300

0 and 0 = 0

0 and 1 = 0

1 and 0 = 0

1 and 1 = 1

Out of And, Or, Xor, and Not, it's the type of gate that would produce this result


And

400

The symbols and format that is consistent in a coding language that must be followed for the information to be processed correctly.

Syntax

400

The most common form factor for desktop computers.

ATX

400

This series of numbers identifies a device and its location on a network.

IP Address

400

A contest was created to develop a computer that could speed up tabulation in this event scheduled to occur in 1890

U.S. Census

400

The number of bits needed to write the amount "one hundred" in binary form.

7

500

The hard-wired, integrated code that is needed when a computer boots up. It is encoded on ROM.

BIOS

500

This type of PCIe slot is designed for SSD hard drives.

NVMe

500

A type of internet protocol that checks for missing packets when data is shared.

TCP/IP

500

The Hollerith Tabulating company, along with 2 other companies, combined to form this large company headed by Thomas Watson in the early 1900's. 

IBM (International Business Machines)

500

The binary form of the hexadecimal number represented by EE

11101110 (238 in decimal)