IT Careers
Software or Hardware?
Computing
Potpourri
100

This person diagnoses and resolved users' technical hardware and software problems.

Help desk technician

100

Chrome

Software

100

It's the most widely used search engine in the world.

Google

100

The largest digital social network, founded in part by Mark Zuckerberg, is:

Facebook

200

This individual will manage a web development team.

Web site manager

200

Smartphone

Hardware

200

This social networking site allows communication in 280 or fewer characters.

Twitter

200

This is the management and processing of information using computers and computer networks.

Information technology (IT)

300

A security analyst examines an organization's security requirements and recommends infrastructure, while a ______ manages the security measures used to protect electronic data.

Security manager

300

Cloud computing

Software (it can also commonly be a platform)

300

Every once in a while, we type in the wrong address on the URL bar. That probably will result in a _____ link.

Dead

300

This individual will develop and implement plans to use the Internet for marketing and sales opportunities.

Web marketing manager

400

Emily maintains the security of her company's database resources and data. She is a: 

Database administrator

400

Keyboard

Software (usually, however, a mobile device will have keyboard software)

400

This person will analyze web site statistics to determine the site's effectiveness.

Web site analyst

400

A doctor's office wants to copy data from Access to Excel. In IT terms, this is known as:

Replication
500

This individual is responsible for creating an overall plan of a Web site's development.

Web architect

500

Microsoft Office 365

Software

500

When you type in a search term, the first thing that pops up is usually an ad or paid placement. Companies spend a lot of money getting the best placement on search results through a process known as:

Search engine optimization (SEO)

500

It's the study of how a particular knowledge domain, or system, is organized. In other words, how things work together.

Ontology