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Network
Upgrades and Virus
Operating Systems
Applications
Utility Programs
100
A. Connected group of computers inside a certain location. B. Connected group of computers outside a certain location.
What is (a) LAN or local area network? What is (b) WAN or wide area network?
100
Software that combats viruses.
What is anti-virus software?
100
A program that runs the computer.
What is an operating system?
100
A program that is designed for a particular type of task.
What is an application?
100
This examines each piece of data that comes into a computer or leaves a computer.
What is a firewall?
200
Connects multiple computer to each other as well as to a WAN like the internet.
What is a router?
200
The process of identifying and correcting problems.
What is troubleshooting?
200
Images on a monitor that make an operating system easier to use.
What is GUI or graphical user interface?
200
An application that produces text documents.
What is word processing?
200
In order to view an encryption the user must have this.
What is a key?
300
All computers on a network need this hardware to communicate with each other.
What is NIC or network interface card.
300
Forces unwanted advertising onto your computer screen.
What is adware?
300
Two operating systems that users need to type in commands to tell the computer what to do.
What is DOS and LINUX?
300
An application that produces a table organized into rows and columns and can do calculations.
What is a spreadsheet?
300
Putting data into code.
What is encryption?
400
In order for computers to communicate with each other they need this.
What is a network operating system or NOS.
400
The process that updates software in order to add new features and fix problems.
What is upgrading?
400
Two popular operating systems that use the GUI interface.
What are Windows and Mac OS?
400
An application composed of slides that contain information and graphics.
What is presentation?
400
A utility program that organizes files and information so they are easy to locate.
What is file management?
500
The actual arrangement of computers in a network.
What is network topology?
500
A computer program that copies itself into other programs stored in a computer and sends itself to other computers.
What is a virus?
500
This software is put of servers to allow thousands of users to share information.
What is Network operating systems?
500
A large collection of information stored in an organized system.
What is a database?
500
A program that performs a specific task within an operating system.
What is an utility program?