Tech Basics
This is what you call electronic junkmail.
What is Spam?
This is a common software created by Adobe used to read and edit PDF files.
What is Adobe Acrobat?
This is a popular presentation software made by Microsoft.
What is PowerPoint?
This is the abbreviation www.
What is world wide web?
This person and Paul Allen are the founders of Microsoft.
What is Bill Gates?
This is the set of computer programs that enables hardware to perform different tasks.
What is software?
This is a common document type used for multi-page documents most commonly known by it's abbreviation, PDF.
What is portable document format?
This is a popular note-taking application made by Microsoft that allows you to organize your notes within a digital notebook.
What is Microsoft OneNote?
Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Safari and Firefox are popular examples of
What are web browsers?
This was one of the first web browsers to become widely available
What is Mosaic?
This is what you call working with computers, most commonly known by the abbreviation IT.
What is Information Technology?
What is Microsoft 365/Office
FORTRAN, ALGOL, COBOL and BASIC are examples of these
What are programming languages?
This is what you call any part of the computer that you can physically touch.
What is hardware?
These appear at the end of file names, indicating the type of the file.
What are file extensions?
This is a popular app made by Google to store files in the cloud.
What is Google Drive?
This is a type of website that searches the web using specific keywords you wish to query and then returns a list of websites on which those keywords are found.
What is a search engine?
In 1976 these two people built a personal computer called the Apple 1 and founded Apple.
Who are Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs?
This is a common black and white square image that can be scanned by a mobile device and serves as a link to more information. Used as a marketing tool.
What is a QR (quick response) code?
This is the file extension used by the popular software Microsoft Word.
What is .docx?
This is a website made by Amazon to host servers in the cloud.
What is AWS?
This is the abbreviation URL
What is Uniform Resource Locator?
In 1975, this was the first personal computer. It cost $395 for a do-it-yourself kit or $498 fully assembled (about $2,100 in today's dollars).
What is Altair?