Wait What's Technology
What does “Wi-Fi” actually stand for?
Nothing! It’s just a brand name (not “Wireless Fidelity”)
What do programmers mean when they say “Hello, World”?
The first message you print when learning any language
What’s the first thing every Berea CS student learns to print on a screen?
“Hello, World!”
How many photos do people upload to Instagram every minute?
About 1 million!
Why do people say to “turn it off and on again”?
It resets memory and clears stuck processes
What percentage of the world’s data has been created in just the last two years?
Over 90%
What year was the first official Computer Science course offered at Berea?
1999
How much digital data do humans create every minute?
Over 300 million megabytes every minute worldwide
What does “Airplane Mode” actually turn off?
Your device’s radio antennas (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Cellular)
How much digital data do humans create every minute?
Over 300 million megabytes every minute worldwide
Who’s the professor most likely to say, “Have you pushed it to GitHub yet?”
Dr. Jan Pearce
What’s something your phone knows about you that you probably don’t?
How many steps you take — even when you didn’t open the app!
What’s the only job humans still do that computers can’t fully replace yet?
Teaching empathy / creativity / leadership ❤️
If the internet were printed on paper, how tall would the stack be?
Taller than Mount Everest — by a lot
What’s the most common reason Berea students visit CMIT 316?
To debug something that worked five minutes ago
What’s the most used password in the world?
123456
Every time you use Google Maps, it solves a math problem harder than your homework. What’s it called?
The Shortest Path Problem
What was the first computer “bug”?
A literal moth stuck in a machine in 1947
How many Berea CS majors does it take to change a lightbulb?
None. That’s a hardware problem.
What’s one thing technology can’t replicate yet, even with AI?
Genuine human empathy