A narrow recording band that forms a full circle on the surface of the disk
What is a track?
100
This device is a hardware component that enables a computer to send (transmit) and receive data, instructions, and information to and from one or more computers.
What is a communications device?
100
Type of network that connects computers in a limited geographic area such as same room or close by buildings.
What is a LAN (Local Area Network)?
100
A duplicate of a file, program, or disk that you can use in case the original is lost, damaged, or destroyed.
What is a backup?
200
Three types of e-commerce
What is B2B, B2C, and C2C?
200
An optical disk that can record your own items such as text and graphics. You can read as much as you like, but can only record once.
What is a CDR?
200
this consists of electronic components that temporarily stores instructions waiting to be executed by the processor, data needed by those instructions, and the results of processed data
What is memory or RAM?
200
An organization, such as a cable company or telephone company, that supplies customers with connections to the Internet for a monthly fee.
What is an ISP?
200
One kilobyte (K or KB) equals approximately this many memory locations.
What is 1000?
300
types of flash memory cards
What are compact flash, secure digital, memory stick?
300
A magnetically coated ribbon of plastic housed in a cartridge cable of storing large amounts of data at a low cost.
What is a tape drive?
300
A name for 'system software'.
What is an Operating System?
300
When you plan to buy a computer. You should plan for it to last you _____ years.
What is 2 to 3 years?
300
The processor, memory, and storage devices are housed in a box-like case called ________
What is system unit?
400
types of mobile storage media
What are smart cards and USB flash drives?
400
Communications standard used to transfer pages on the Web
What is HTTP?
400
A collection of computers and devices connected together, often wirelessly, via communications devices and transmission media
What is a network?
400
These computers are a good option if you work mostly in one place and have plenty of space in your work area.
What are desktop computers?
400
This conveys meaning and is useful to one or more people.
What is information?
500
components of the central processing unit
What is the control unit and the ALU?
500
A picture that represents an application such as word processing, or a file or document where data is stored
What is an icon?
500
An electronic device, operating under the control of instructions stored in its own memory, that can accept input, process, output, and store.
What is a computer?
500
Amount of RAM recomended for a home gaming computer.