CS Midterms (2) Flashcards
What are apps that you install on your computer’s hard drive?
local apps
What runs from a removable storage device such as an external hard drive or flash drive or from the cloud?
Portable apps
What is an app written for a specific operating system and installed on a computer or mobile device?
native app
What do you need to install if you have an Android phone or an iPhone?
platform specific
If you have an Android phone, you need to install the Android version of your app; if you have an iPhone, you need to download the iPhone version of your app.
What means the app is optimized for display in a browser on a mobile device, regardless of screen size or orientation?
a responsive design
What development tools allow developers to build apps that work on multiple platforms?
cross-platform
What lets you use your mobile device to make online purchases of goods and services?
Mobile commerce, or m-commerce
What are security measures that define who can use a program or app?
Access controls
What is distributed online for a monthly subscription or an annual fee?
Software as a service (SaaS)
What is typically optional and usually involves submitting your name and other personal information to the software manufacturer or developer?
Registration
What technique do some software manufacturers use to ensure that you do not install the software on more computers than the number for which it is legally licensed?
Activation
What specifies the number of devices on which you can install the product, any expiration dates, and other restrictions?
license agreement
What can prevent or repair problems, provide additional functionality, or address any security or other issues?
Updates
What are updates that address a single issue called?
patches
What are new releases of the program or app and may require an additional fee to enable the upgrade to install?
Upgrades
What are apps for personal use that you may use to create documents, develop presentations, track appointments, or stay organized?
Productivity apps
What is to make a change to the contents?
edit
What do they change in a project to alter the appearance of its text and objects?
format
What are the files you create called?
documents
What displays an insertion point, a blinking vertical line to mark your place?
screen
What is a named collection of formats that are stored together and can be applied to text or objects?
A style
How do you refer to a cell in a worksheet?
cell address
What is a collection of related worksheets contained in a single file?
workbook
What are computation rules to calculate values using cell references, numbers, and arithmetic operators?
formulas
What refers to the information necessary for a formula or function to calculate an answer?
arguments
What is a predefined computation or calculation, such as calculating the sum or average of values?
function
What is used to highlight cells that meet specified criteria?
conditional formatting
What is an overall template for a presentation formatted with a theme, customized title and text fonts?
slide master
What is a display or delivery of the content of your presentation?
slide show
What is a database that consists of a collection of tables where items are organized in columns and rows?
relational database
In a relational database, how is data organized?
tables of records
What is the area called where each piece of data in a database is entered and stored?
field
What are a collection of records for a single subject?
Tables
What is a screen used to enter data into a database?
form
What extracts data from a database based on specified criteria?
query
What is a user-designed layout of database content?
report
What is a collection of individual related applications available together as a unit?
productivity suite
What refers to the use of technology by a company’s employees to meet the needs of a large business?
Enterprise computing
What are 3-D objects composed of lines that can be rotated to view from many angles?
wireframe drawings
What is an image you can see, store, and manipulate on a computer?
digital graphic
What are devices such as cameras, musical instruments, and video projectors?
analog devices
What is the process of changing data into a form that computers and other digital devices can use?
digitizing
What converts the analog sound waves into digital sound?
sampling
What quality of an audio file is also determined by its bit rate?
bit rate
What refers to the organization and layout of data in the file?
File format
What assigns colors to the smallest picture elements, called pixels?
Bitmap graphics
Also called raster graphics.
What consists of shapes, curves, lines, and text created by mathematical formulas?
Vector graphics
What do you need to play music files you download or record yourself?
sound card
What come in a range of sizes, some as small as an inch or two in height and width?
micro speakers
What is created as a digital file from the start using electronic instruments called synthesizers?
synthesized music
What enables a device or software to identify the words and phrases you speak and then convert them to a format the device can read?
Speech recognition
What is a video that is shared millions of times over social media in a short period called?
viral video
What is software that encodes and usually compresses data for storage and then decompresses the data for playback?
codec
What bundles the video, audio, codec, and other parts (such as subtitles) into a single package?
container
What let you create simple vector images?
Drawing apps
What is a circuit board that lets your device process video?
video card
What do most laptops, tablets, and smartphones come with?
media player
What means you receive the audio or video content on your computer from a server?
stream
What is content such as television shows where the original media file is stored on the media distributor’s server?
on-demand content
What is content that is sent out live, as it happens, and is available only once?
live video streaming
What is a form of data input in which computers interpret and digitize spoken words or commands?
Natural language processing
What occurs when the program or app stops functioning correctly?
crash
What refers to the steps you take to identify and solve a problem?
Troubleshooting
What is any event or action that could cause a loss of or damage to computer or mobile device hardware, software?
digital security risk
What do state-sponsored attackers use to launch computer attacks against their enemies?
nation state actors
What is the process of sifting through Big Data to find the important questions that will yield fruitful results?
Data mining
What are the moral guidelines that govern the use of computers, mobile devices, information systems?
Technology ethics
What involves sharing computing resources, such as servers or storage devices, among computers and devices on a network?
virtualization
What are the rights to which creators are entitled for their work?
intellectual property (IP)
What can deliver its payload, or destructive event or prank?
Malware
What is one whose owner is unaware the computer or device?
zombie
What is the record of everything you do online?
digital footprint
What is a server outside the organization’s network that controls which communications pass in and out of the organization’s network?
proxy server
What records in a file both successful and unsuccessful access attempts?
audit trail
What is a unique hardware identifier for your computer or device?
MAC address
What is the process of ensuring that the person requesting access to a computer or other resources is authentic and not an imposter?
Authentication
What is a secret combination of letters, numbers, and/or characters that only the user should know?
password
What is a private combination of words, often containing mixed capitalization and punctuation, associated with a username?
passphrase
What is an electronic, encrypted, and secure stamp of authentication on a document?
digital signature
What is a written guideline that helps determine whether a specification is ethical/unethical or allowed/not allowed?
code of conduct
What is the process of restricting access to certain material?
Content filtering
What are programs that restrict access to specified websites?
Web filtering software
What is a written plan that describes the steps an organization would take to restore its computer operations in the event of a disaster?
disaster recovery plan
What is the movement to ensure that all users, regardless of economic or geographic constraints?
Digital inclusion
What is an instruction that causes a program or app to perform a specific action?
command
What is an instruction a user issues by responding to a message displayed by a program or app?
user response
What device is one in which you enter data directly to the device by typing or using a pointing device, touching with a pen or finger?
manual input
What are keys labeled with the letter F followed by a number?
Function keys
What is a key that will alternate views or turn a feature on or off each time you press it?
toggle key
What is a key or combination of keys that you press to access a feature or perform a command?
A keyboard shortcut
What has a design that reduces the chance of repetitive strain injuries (R.S.I.s) of the wrist and hand?
ergonomic keyboard
What is a keyboard designed specifically for users who enjoy playing games on the computer?
gaming keyboard
What uses laser sensors that emit and sense light to detect the mouse’s movement?
a laser mouse
What is a touch-sensitive mouse that recognizes touch?
A touch mouse
What is a small symbol on the screen that becomes different shapes depending on the task you are performing?
pointer
What uses optical sensors that emit and sense light to detect the mouse’s movement?
optical mouse
What is a motion you make on a touch screen with the tip of one or more fingers or your hand?
gesture
What translates the handwritten letters and symbols created on the screen into typed text or objects that the computer or device can process?
handwriting recognition software
What is used with a stylus that is attached to the device?
signature capture pad
What encompasses entering any sound into the computer, such as speech, music, and sound effects?
Audio input
What involves capturing full-motion images and storing them on a computer or mobile device’s storage medium or on the cloud?
Video input
What allows you to input, edit, manage, publish, and share your videos?
Digital Video Technology
What transforms one video image into another image over the course of several frames of video?
Morphing
What is a close-distance network protocol used by smartphones and other devices to read data from another device or an item?
NFC (near field communication)
What is a device that uses a light source to read characters, marks, and codes?
optical reader
What is an optical reader that uses laser beams to read bar codes?
A bar code reader, also called a bar code scanner
What is known as a 2-D bar code because it stores information in both a vertical and horizontal direction?
QR code (quick response code)
What is a technology that uses radio signals to communicate with a tag placed in or attached to an object, an animal, or a person?
RFID (radio frequency identification)
What device reads text printed with magnetized ink?
An MICR (magnetic-ink character recognition)
What obtains data directly at the location where the transaction or event takes place?
data collection device
What reads the magnetic stripe on the back of credit cards?
magstripe reader
What is taller than it is wide, with information printed across the shorter width of the paper?
portrait orientation
What is wider than it is tall, with information printed across the widest part of the paper?
landscape orientation
What forms characters and graphics on a piece of paper without actually contacting the paper?
nonimpact printer
What is a type of nonimpact printer that forms characters and graphics by spraying tiny drops of liquid ink onto a piece of paper?
An ink-jet printer
What is a color printer that produces lab-quality photos?
photo printer
What is a high-speed, high-quality nonimpact printer?
laser printer
What does a laser printer create images using?
toner
What is also called a multifunction printer (MFP) and provides the functionality of a printer, scanner, and copy machine?
all-in-one printer
What uses a process called additive manufacturing to create an object by adding material to a three-dimensional object?
3-D printer
What is a small, lightweight, battery-powered printer that allows mobile printing?
mobile printer
What is a small printer that prints on an adhesive-type material that can be placed on a variety of items?
label printer
What generates images by pushing electrically heated pins against heat-sensitive paper?
thermal printer
What is a sophisticated printer used to produce high-quality drawings?
plotter
What creates photo-realistic-quality color prints?
a large-format printer
What forms characters and graphics on a piece of paper by striking a mechanism against an inked ribbon?
impact printer
What sandwiches a liquid compound between two sheets of material that presents sharp, flicker-free images on a screen when illuminated?
An LCD (liquid crystal display)
What refers to the time in milliseconds of a display?
response time
What is a unit of visible light intensity equal to one candela?
A nit
What is the distance in millimeters between pixels on a display?
Dot pitch
What describes the difference in light intensity between the brightest white and darkest black that can be produced on a display?
Contrast ratio
What controls the manipulation and display of graphics on a display device?
graphics processing unit (GPU)
What is a device that projects the text and images displaying on a computer or mobile device screen on a larger screen?
data projector
What is a touch-sensitive device, resembling a dry-erase board, that displays the image on a connected computer screen?
An interactive whiteboard
What technology sends resistance to the device in response to actions of the user?
force feedback
What provides the user with a physical response from the device?
tactile output
What analyzes the area of the screen that the user is looking at?
Eye gaze pointing devices
What enables users with limited mobility in their arms or hands to control input using their feet?
What is an interactive whiteboard?
A technology that sends resistance to the device in response to actions of the user.
What is force feedback?
A technology that provides the user with a physical response from the device.
What is tactile output?
Users may sense a bumping feeling on their hand while scrolling through a smartphone’s contact list.
What do eye gaze pointing devices do?
Analyze the area of the screen that the user is looking at.
What is a foot mouse?
Enables users with limited mobility in their arms or hands to control input using their feet.
What is Sip-and-puff (SNP) technology?
Enables users to control the mouse or other computer or device functions using a tube that they either inhale (sip) or exhale (puff) to issue commands.
What are refreshable Braille displays?
Use nylon pins or magnets to translate content into the Braille system that users can read with their fingers.
What are default settings?
Standard settings that control how the screen is set up and how a document looks when you first start typing.
