FOC 1
True / False :
Video Gaming, Medicine, Computer Science, and the Automotive industry all use computers?
True
What kind of device is a mouse?
Input
What is the purpose of an output device?
To allow computers to display or communicate the result of a computation.
What kind of device is a web-camera?
Input Device
What kind of device is a router?
Network Device
Which of the following devices is the device that connects all of the physical components of a computer together?
Motherboard
Purpose of an input device?
To allow the user to give data or information to the computer
True / False:
One reason computers were first developed was to do mathematical computations faster.
True
What does CPU stand for?
Central Processing Unit
What is the purpose of a network device?
To allow computers to connect and communicate with others computers.
True / False :
Game AI's, Recognizing handwriting, and foreign language translation are all applications of Artificial Intelligence
True
Type of network that connects computers across a large geographical area.
Wide Area Network
What kind of device is a floppy disk?
Storage Device
This type of network connects computers in the same location
Local Area Network
Purpose of a storage device
To allow the computer to store information or programs
Input, Processing, Storage, and Output is also known as?
Information Processing Cycle
This law states that the processing speed of computers should double every two years.
Moore's Law
3 main components of a computer's hardware is:
CPU, Memory, Motherboard
This device is at the center of your network; analyzes data and sends information to the right place
Router
True / False:
Analyzing data, solving mathematical equations, and making predictions about future events based on past data are all brand-new applications of computers.
False
Which of the following choices correctly orders the early types of computers from earliest to most recent?
Abacus, Analytical Engine, ENIAC, IBM Laptop
Provide me with 4 examples of User Applications
Browsers, File Explorers, Computer Games, Text Editor (Google Docs, Microsoft Word)
Which of the following statements is the simplest and most accurate definition of a computer?
A computer is something that performs calculations by following and executing specific instructions to solve a problem.
This computer innovator / pioneer is the creator of the ENIAC?
John Mauchly and Presper Eckert
What is the operating system of a computer responsible for doing?
Managing memory allocation for all applications