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Digital Culture
100

This app used to be called Twitter and still is because the new name is... not great...

X

100

This company, founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, popularized the personal computer in the late 1970s.

Apple (Or Macintosh)

100

This plumber, known for his red cap and mustache, has been the face of Nintendo for decades and is arguably the most recognizable video game character of all time.

Mario

100

This term describes the process of restarting a computer or device to resolve minor software glitches.

Rebooting

100

This early online service, popular in the 1990s, provided dial-up access, email, and chat rooms, and often came on disks mailed to homes.

AOL (America Online)

200

The film The Social Network was the origin story for this app.

Facebook

200

This company released the Intel 4004, considered the first commercially available microprocessor, in 1971.

Intel

200

This feature of Xbox consoles allows players to play games from previous generations of Xbox hardware.

Backward compatability

200

This keyboard shortcut, often used in Windows, forces a program to close when it's unresponsive.

Ctrl + Alt + Delete

200

Tell us what you think the term "digital culture means."

The way people use technology to live, work, communicate.

300

This app store has the highest number of apps available to download.

Android Play

300

This co-founder of Microsoft, known for his role in the personal computer revolution, is also a prominent philanthropist focusing on global health and development.

Bill Gates

300

This multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game, developed by Riot Games, is one of the most popular esports titles in the world, with millions of players and viewers.

League of legands

300

This acronym refers to a unique numerical label assigned to each device connected to a computer network.

IP Address

300

A location online, where users can create and participate in discussions, on any number of topics. These locations are often called, forums, or sub reddits.

An online forum

400

If you want to "swipe right/left" you use this type of app.

Dating app

400

This Old-Hollywood actress, known for her beauty and talent, co-invented a frequency-hopping spread spectrum technology that laid the groundwork for modern wireless communications like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth

Hedy Lamarr

400

This massively multiplayer online role-playing game, released in 2004, remains one of the most iconic and influential titles in the history of online gaming.

World of Warcraft

400

This component, responsible for displaying images on a computer screen, might need its drivers updated if the display is distorted.

graphics card

400

This type of digital asset, often representing unique digital art or collectibles, uses blockchain technology to verify ownership.

NFT

500

This app is considered the most profitable app of all time.

Clash of the Clans

500

This term describes the gap between those who have access to digital technology and those who do not, creating disparities in education, employment, and social participation.

Digital divide

500

This 16-bit console, released by Nintendo in the early 1990s, was home to iconic titles like "Super Mario World" and "The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.

Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)

500

In order for a podcast to go live, what type of feed is needed?

RSS Feed/link

500

The group that chose this box gets an automatic 5 extra credit points for being brave. See me after class. What do we say when someone is kind?

Thank you!