Tech Basics
This numbering system uses only 0s and 1s and is fundamental to computing.
What is binary?
There are 1,024 bytes in one of these.
What is a kilobyte?
This form of communication changed how we connect—but can also spread misinformation.
What is Social Media?
Choose the stronger password: 123456 or L3m0n$kY!
What is L3m0n$kY!?
This device helps tell time using the sun and direction.
What is a sundial compass?
An IP address is used to identify this on a network.
What is a computer/device?
This large unit of storage comes after gigabyte.
What is a terabyte?
He’s writing a book set entirely in the Bronx and teaches students about tech.
Who is S.P. Carr?
This term means pretending to be someone online.
What is phishing/spoofing?
This machine from WWII inspired modern encryption.
What is the Enigma machine?
This term refers to a structured collection of data.
What is a database?
A file size of 5 MB is equal to 5,000 of these.
What are kilobytes?
Students in this U.S. state are learning about data and AI history.
What is Colorado?
This security method uses two ways to verify you.
What is two-factor authentication?
This wooden machine uses gears and keywords to encrypt messages.
What is the Enigma II Encryption Machine?
The "T" in ITF stands for this.
What is technology?
This acronym describes temporary memory that clears when the computer turns off.
What is RAM?
This invention spread language and ideas long before the internet.
What is the printing press?
Someone who breaks into systems for fun or profit.
What is a hacker?
Described by S.P. Carr, this device uses plug-in heat to make oils.
What is an electric infuser?
The hexadecimal system is based on this number.
What is 16?
This spinning device stores data magnetically.
What is a hard drive?
This early AI model mimicked human thought in the 1950s.
What is the perceptron?
You should change this regularly to keep your accounts safe.
What is your password?
This 2014 car broke down after engine trouble.
What is a BMW?