The observation that, over the history of computing hardware, the number of transistors in a dense integrated circuit doubles approximately every two years.
What is Moore's Law?
100
Heart of computer operation.
What is CPU?
100
Stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group.
What is .JPEG?
100
_____ was the mathematician who did a lot of experiments with information theory.
Who is Claude Shannon?
200
Information is stored magnetically on_____.
What are magnetic disks and floppy disks?
200
_______ proposed this law.
Who is Gordon Moore?
200
Stores information that is not in use.
What is RAM?
200
Stands for Graphics Interchange Format.
What is .GIF?
200
In his system, is each yes/no question equivalent to______.
What is a coin toss?
300
The top number that can be represented by a byte.
What is 255?
300
He purposed it on ______________.
When was April 19, 1965?
300
Initializes and tests components.
What is BIOS?
300
Stands for bitmap image file.
What is .BMP?
300
The measure of information content in a message.
What is entropy?
400
Relating to, using, or expressed in a system of numerical notation that has 2 rather than 10 as a base.
What is binary?
400
He proposed it in his paper on ___________ which was published on April 19, 1965.
What is Electronics Magazine?
400
Primary circuit board of computer.
What is the motherboard?
400
Stands for Portable Network Graphics.
What is PNG?
400
The measure of content in a message depends on two things. they are _________ and _____________.
What are number of possible outcomes and probability?
500
A group of eight bits are called a ________.
What is a byte?
500
Does this law hold true today?
What is yes?
500
Adds functionality to computer.
What are expansion cards?
500
Stands for Tagged Image File Format.
What is TIFF?
500
The measure of content in a message is important to computer scientists because ____________.
What is you cannot compress a message to occupy less sapce than its entropy?