Computer Anatomy
This type of application enables you to view, search, and look at content on the internet.
What is a Web Browser?
The most abstract layer; it involves computer programs that are designed to perform specific tasks
What is the Applications Layer?
1111 converted to decimal
What is 15?
The intellectual property law that protects original and creative works
What is Copyright?
The main circuitry of a computer is found here
What is the Motherboard?
(Dec. 6, 2010 - What Happened to the "Mother"s?)
This component allows your computer to receive electricity from an outside source
What is the Power Supply?
The 4 layers that involve the physical components of a computer system fall under this tough category
What is Hardware?
45 converted to binary
What is 101101?
The process of hiding complex details
What is Abstraction?
A monitor's resolution is measured in the number of these on the screen; a common one is 1920 x 1080
What are pixels?
(Feb. 24, 1994 - Computers)
Some examples of this type of software include Windows, MacOS, iOS, Android, and Linux
What is an Operating System?
DAILY DOUBLE
The "middleman" layer, defining the set of instructions a processor can understand and execute
These two computer layers are directly associated with translating binary
What are the Machine Code and Instruction Set Architecture layers?
This type of logic gate outputs 1 (or On) if and only if both inputs are 1 (or On)
What is an AND Gate?
Sharing a name with a type of large snake, this computer language is used in NASA's integrated planning system
What is Python?
(Dec. 9, 2020 - Computer Languages)
Mr. Martin bought a PC but it's constantly getting hacked. He should update this type of application.
What is Antivirus Software?
The computer layer that uses transistors as inputs and stores the output in the CPU
What is the Gates Layer?
The highest possible number you can count to with your 10 fingers in binary
What is 1023?
A type of legal protection granted to inventions or processes
What is a Patent?
Georgia's Emory University was one of the locations for this 2016 movie about NASA's female "human computers"
What is Hidden Figures?
(Dec. 10, 2021 - Big Movie On Campus)
Ms. Oliver tried downloading all her favorite shows but ran out of space on her computer. She should upgrade this computer component.
What is Storage (SSD, HDD)?
The layers in order from most abstract to least abstract
What are Applications, Algorithm, Programming Language, Assembly Language, Machine Code, Instruction Set Architecture, Micro Architecture, Gates, Transistors, and Electrons?
You would need this number of bits to encode all 118 elements in the periodic table so that each element is mapped to a unique binary number
What is 7 bits?
Combine 8 bits to make one of these whenever you get hungry
What is a byte?
The Artificial Intelligence Laboratory is located at this Boston-area "institute"
What is MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)?
(Feb. 21, 1997 - Colleges & Universities)