The Basics
This hardware component is known as the "brain" of the computer.
What is the CPU?
Computers use this number system internally for processing data.
What is binary?
This high-level language is commonly used for web development and data science.
What is Python?
This protocol is used to transfer web pages over the internet.
What is HTTP?
This type of logic gate outputs true only if both inputs are true.
What is AND?
This type of memory is volatile and loses its data when the power is turned off.
What is RAM?
The decimal number 29.625 in binary is this.
What is 11101.101?
This software converts high-level code into machine code before execution.
What is compiler?
This device assigns IP addresses and connects computers to the internet.
What is router?
This linear data structure follows the First-In, First-Out (FIFO) principle, or what you do at McDonald's.
What is queue?
This type of storage retains data permanently, even when the power is off.
What is a hard drive (or SSD)?
This number system uses base-16 and includes digits 0-9 and letters A-F.
What is hexadecimal?
This programming structure involves a function calling itself.
What is recursion?
The default port number for HTTP is this.
What is 80?
This sorting algorithm has an average-case complexity of O(n log n).
What is Merge Sort?
This input device allows users to type characters into a computer.
What is a keyboard?
Convert the binary number 1011 into decimal.
What is 11?
This term refers to a set of rules that solve a problem in programming.
What is algorithm?
This cybersecurity measure changes data to protect it from hackers.
What is encryption?
This data structure stores elements in a Last-In, First-Out (LIFO) manner, or when you put plates in the kitchen cabinet.
What is stack?
This device connects computers in a network and directs data packets between them.
What is a router?
This system represents negative numbers in binary and simplifies subtraction.
What is two’s complement?
The Big-O notation for Bubble Sort is this.
What is O(n²)?
This law protects personal data and requires companies to gain consent before collecting user information.
What is GDPR?
This search algorithm is O(log n) and only works on sorted data.