What is Computer Aided Design; The use of computers to draw products or process designs on the screen.
100
Parallel processing
What is employing more than two microprocessors to improve overall performance. For example, dual core or quad core.
100
Sysadmin
What is System Administrator, an employee who is responsible for a network. Also known as Network Administrator
100
Natural Language
What is a human language, spoken or written. Not a computer language
200
PDF
What is portable document format. It is a popular way to format a document so that it can be viewed and printed from several different platforms. Developed by Adobe and requires Adobe Acrobat Reader to be viewed.
200
Trojan Horse
What is an apparently useful and innocent program containing additional hidden code which allows the unauthorized collection, exploitation, falsification, or destruction of data.
200
Back door
What is normally installed by a virus or worm, a backdoor is a alternate method of accessing a system.
200
Range
What is the limits of the values a function can take
300
Morph
What is changing the shape of something through the use of computer imaging or animation software
300
Worm
What is a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network; "worms take advantage of automatic file sending and receiving features found on many computers"
300
Fuzzy Logic
What is a set of logic in which factors are not precise so conclusions are based on approximations rather than truths. A human characteristic used in expert systems.
300
Common Sense Knowledge
What is collection of facts and information that an ordinary person is expected to know.
400
MIDI
What is Musical Instrument Digital Interface. A MIDI file doesn't contain actual audio data, but rather contains commands that let
MIDI-capable synthesizers re-create a specific musical passage.
400
Baud
What is the speed of a modem, specifically, the number of times (per seconds) that a comunication channel changes its signal. This is often confused with bits per second (bps), which is yet another measurement.
400
TCP/IP
What is Transfer Protocol Control/Internet Protocol. Set of protocols that allow computers working on the same network to share information/resources.
400
What-If Questions
What is an inductive method which systematically analyses the consequences of certain events. And makes a decision based on the outcomes.
500
Bitmap vs Vector graphics
What are formats for storing images, but bitmap images are described pixel by pixel while vector graphics describe images as a collection of geometric shapes.
500
Macro
What is a series of commands and procedures represented by a single word/command/keystroke. Instead of typing a complicated sequence of commands, you can simply type the macro's name. When used, the word is replaced with the set of instructions that the command represents. Macros are used for common tasks.
500
Ethernet
What is a technology system for setting up a Local Area Network. Connected through a cable or wirelessly, each computer sends or receives information from the hub, a central device that provides connection to an ISP. The most commonly used Ethernet system is called 10BASE-T which communicates at a s peed of 10Mbps
500
Convergence
What is the principle that the various public media, such as radio, TV,the print media, CD players/stereos, video recorders, telephones and the Internet, are all coming together to form one information channel