Computing, Information Processing, and Storage
The component of a computer that controls the entire system and is often called the brain of the computer.
What is the CPU
Internet Protocol
What does IP stand for?
A spike in electricity
What is a power surge?
The art of cracking into a computer to steal information
What is hacking?
It transfers information between two devices without electrical wires
What is wireless communication?
An invention, including tools, machines, techniques, and sources of power
What is technology?
A file extension of .mp4 contains this type of file
What is a video?
You would check me if you cannot access any web pages
What is Ethernet Cable?
Change your password often
What is a good password protection practice?
This is the amount of information sent over a network
What is Network speed/throughput?
The following is lost when a computer is turned off.
What is short-term memory?
A device that transmits digital data over analog utility lines and links with an Internet Service Provider
What is a modem?
They are connection points between a computer and a device
What are ports?
It tells me where to find a resource on a host
What does the location in a URL identify?
This is the available or potential amount of information that can be sent over a network.
What is network bandwidth?
Computer programs and games
What is software?
Software that is embedded in hardware
What is firmware?
You installed a new driver, but your device still doesn't work. This is the first thing I should do
What is restart the computer?
Steal your personal information such as passwords, bank account numbers and usernames
What does phishing email try to do?
A sender encodes (or modulates) data onto a wave that is transmitted wirelessly to a receiver. The receiver decodes (or demodulates) the signal to get the information
What is the basic way wireless communication works?
This best describes what happens to the temporary working memory (RAM) of a computer when it is shut down
What is it is deleted?
What does a file extension tell your computer?
It enables a peripheral and a computer to talk to each other
What does a driver do?
Internet explorer, web browser application, Microsoft Outlook, email application
What is a Network Application?
This is the delay seen when transmitting data from one point to another over a network.
What is network latency?