Inside the Computer
Moore's Law
Compression Formats
Binary Code
Search Strategies
100
It temporarily stores information while the computer works with the information.
What is the use of RAM?
100
The person who invented Moore's Law.
Who is Gordon E. Moore?
100
Joint Photographic Experts Group
What does JPEG stand for?
100
The simplest unit of measurement in binary
What is a bit?
100
A set of instructions.
What is an algorithm?
200
Processes computer sound data.
What is the use of Sound Cards?
200
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?
200
Graphics Interchange Format
What does GIF stand for?
200
A group of eight bits.
What is a byte?
200
The three search strategies.
What are linear, binary, and hashing?
300
Place in the computer where all the components are connected.
What is the motherboard?
300
The company Moore worked for
What is Intel?
300
Bitmap Image File
What does BMP stand for?
300
The number of bits in a computer's memory cell
What is 32?
300
One of the biggest search problems in the computer world today.
What are search engines?
400
The part of the computer gives the computer WiFi.
What is the modem?
400
How Moore introduced his theory
What is through a paper?
400
Portable Network Graphics
What does .PMG stand for?
400
The use of binary
What is as a switch?
400
The data that computer is asked to look up called
What is a search key?
500
This stands for basic input and output system.
What is BIOS?
500
The year Moore published his paper
What is 1965?
500
Tagged Image File Format
What does .TIFF stand for?
500
The name for the digits used in binary
What is base two?
500
The strategy programmers use
What is binary?