Professor
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Software
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Tech Terms
100

This professor is the founder for HiTechEdventures. He is a consultant, author, and engineer.  He's very knowledge but tends to be hard to hear.

Who is Ken Arnold?

100

The electrical function performed by any component that can transmit electric current from one part of a circuit to another part.

What is conductance?

100

The operating system used in the computer lab.

What is Windows XP?

100

The part of the hardware of your computer that stores all your programs and files.

What is the hard drive?

100

An electronic signal that is either on or off and represented by a zero or one.

What is a bit?

200

This professor is bald and often is bewildered whenever students question him

Who is Ke Huang?

200

Also known as an electrochemical cell, it transforms the energy from a chemical reaction into electrical energy.

What is a battery?

200

Describe C++

What is object oriented?

200

The part of the hardware of your computer that stores all your programs and files.

What is RAM or Random Access Memory?

200

The address on a website located on the world wide web.

What is URL or Uniform Resource Locator?

300

This professor wears a top hat and is considered as a phenomenal lecturer.  He does research is in generation and measurement of femtosecond vortex beams.

Who is Matt Anderson?

300

The electrical function performed by any component that can open and close a circuit.

What is control?

300
A software company featuring a cute little penguin in their logo.

What is the Linux?

300

It allows you to connect your short-term memory device onto the motherboard.

What is memory slots?

300

Receiving information from another person's computer over a network and saving it on your own hard drive.

What is download?

400

This professor obtained their PhD at UCSD in March 2015.  They do research in cyber-physical systems, energy efficient systems, embedded devices, and Internet of Things.  This professor looks relatively young.

Who is Baris Aksanli?

400

A device that allows electric current to flow in only one direction.

What is a diode?

400

Another name for correct flaws in software.

What is de-bugging?

400

It will allow your video card to fit into your motherboard.

What is AGP slot?

400

The blinking line or shape on the screen that tells you where the next character goes.

What is the cursor?

500

In charge of the ECE department, this person is the director of GATE center for Electrical Drive Transportation.  They are the Editor in Chief of many IEEE societies.

Who is Chris Mi?

500

An electrical device used block or amplify an electric current.

What is a transistor?

500

Which of the following steps does not belong to the 6-step troubleshooting method?

What is turning off the computer?

500

Shelters your internal components.

What is a case?

500

A software program that allows you to explore the World Wide Web.

What is a browser?