A cable is a long, rubber-coated bundle of wires, with plugs on either end, that connects computer parts.
What is a cable?
100
A browser is a software program that lets you explore the World Wide Web to find text, graphics, sound, movies, games, chats and more.
What is browser
100
A computer is an electronic machine that
1) takes in data and instructions (input)
2) works with the data (processing)
3) puts out information (output
What is a computer?
100
A part of the computer that operates the disks that store information.
What is a disk drive?
200
Binary means "two," or "base two." The binary system is a way of counting using just the two numbers 0 and 1.
What is a binary?
200
A round, shiny portable disk that stores large amounts of software and information.
What is CD-ROM
200
Chat is a way people in different places can "talk" to each other by typing their words into a computer.
What is a chat?
200
The CPU (Central Processing Unit) is the chip which is the brains of the computer. It is also known as the processor.
What is a CPU
200
A part of the computer that operates the disks that store information.
What is e-mail
300
A bit is an electronic signal which is either on (1) or off (0). It is the smallest unit of information the computer uses.
What is bit
300
A cell is the "box" where a column and a row intersect, in a spreadsheet.
What is a cell?
300
To download a file is to get it from someone else's computer, over a network, and save it on your own computer or floppy disk.
What is download
300
The CPU (Central Processing Unit) is the chip which is the brains of the computer. It is also known as the processor.
What is cursor
300
In a database, a field holds exactly one type of information about an item or subject. It is like one line written on an index card in an index card file.
What is a field?
400
A byte is a group of 8 bits, strung together.
What is byte
400
To download a file is to get it from someone else's computer, over a network, and save it on your own computer or floppy disk.
What is a downlowd?
400
A chip is a tiny piece of silicon with electronic circuits. The chip is the most important part of the computer
What is a chip?
400
A database is an organized collection of information. It is like a box of 3x5 cards that you can search, sort and analyze rapidly with a database program.
What is a database?
400
A round, floppy piece of plastic that you put into a computer to store information. It is in a hard square cover for protection.
What is floppy disk (diskette)
500
A gigabyte is a unit of measure equal to 1,073,741,824 bytes, which is about one billion bytes.
What is a gigabyte?
500
The hard disk is a round, metal platter in the hard drive of the computer; it stores large amounts of information.
What is hard disk/hard drive
500
The parts of a computer system that you can touch.
What is hardwere?
500
HTML, known as "the language of the Web," is the set of codes used to make Web pages.
What is HTML
500
An icon is a tiny picture on the screen that represents a program, file or folder.