Cs100 prelims (pt 2) Flashcards

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This duo pioneered the development of the first computing engine programmed using punch cards.

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Babbage & Lovelace

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This technological advancement uses photons and subatomic particles in developing Central Processing Units (CPU).

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Quantum Computing

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ENIAC and UNIVAC used wind to process computations through this material.

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Vacuum Tubes

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Who was the first computer programmer?

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Ada Lovelace

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hese computers are super-fast that supercomputers now cannot even compare to their speeds. A report from Google even noted that a device of this kind can be 47 years faster than current traditional supercomputers. They are expected to be seen and commercialized around 2030.

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Quantum Computers

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What is the ā€œGā€ in 4G and 5G networks?

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Generation

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Before you can connect to the Internet, you must identify the network using its___________

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service set identifier

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(SSID).

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service set identifier

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Real-time typed conversations by two or more people who are online at the same time

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Chat

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A website or web app that gathers, organizes, and then distributes web content

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Curation Website

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Preferred websites that you can access with a click or selecting an icon from a folder

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Favorite

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Portion of a URL that identifies one or more IP addresses

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Domain Name

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A technique that transforms a smartphone or internet-capable tablet into a portable network device that shares its Internet access with other computers and devices wirelessly

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Tethering

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Descriptive text(s) used to categorize media and other internet asset / content

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Tags

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A computer that sends back requested webpages to your browser

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Web Server

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T he ________ , originally known as the world wide web, is a service consisting of websites located
on computers around the world, connected through the
Internet.

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web

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The__________is a global collection
of millions of computers linked together to share
information.

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Internet

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A _________ is any computer or device that
provides services and connections to other computers or
devices on a network.

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host

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is the concept tl1at one website
has the same value or priority as other websites, resulting in
equal, unrestricted access to each site.

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Net neutrality

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which is a company that sells Internet access, must provide the same level of service to all websites, regardless of their content or purpose.

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an Internet service provider ,

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ISP

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Internet service provider

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is the transmission of messages and files vie computer network

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Email

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Email?

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electronic mail)

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responsible for releasing rules surrounding Internet access.

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U.S. Federal
Communication Commission

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(FCC)
U.S. Federal Communication Commission
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sets standards that allow devices, services, and applications to work together across the Internet.
The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
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IETF
The Internet Engineering Task Force
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, which consists of hundreds of organizations and experts that work together to write web standards.
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
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(W3C)
World Wide Web Consortium
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is a specially formatted document that can contain text, graphics, sound, video, and links to other webpages.
webpage
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often shortened to links, are words or graphics you can click to display a webpage or other resources on the Internet, such as a file.
Hyperlinks,
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you see the same content each time.
static webpage,
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, by contrast, the content of the webpage is regenerated each time you display it.
a dynamic webpage
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is a computer that delivers requested web- pages to your computer or mobile device.
web server
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A collection of related webpages (often shortened to "pages") and associated items, such as documents and photos, stored on a web server makes up a
website.
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users view websites on a variety of computers and devices, many website developers use an approach called
responsive web design (RWD)
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(RWD)
responsive web design
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is a set of code that developers use to specify the headings, paragraphs, images, links, and other content elements that a webpage contains
HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)
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HTML
(Hypertext Markup Language)
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is used to specify the content's design and appearance.
CSS (cascading style sheets)
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CSS
(cascading style sheets)
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To access content on the web, you use a ___________
browser,
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As you navigate websites, your browser keeps a copy of each page you view in a holding area called the
cache,
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Websites often use ___________ which are small text files generated by a web server to store information, such as items you view or purchase on an e-commerce site.
cookies,
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The __________ in a browser includes buttons, such as Back and Forward, that you can use to revisit webpages along the breadcrumb path.
navigation bar
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, an address that identifies the location of the page on the Internet
web address or uniform resource locator (URL)
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(URL)
uniform resource locator
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which is a common set of rules for exchanging information.
protocol,
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is the portion of a URL that identifies one or more IP addresses,
domain name
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A browser displays the URL for the current webpage in its
address bar
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address, the three-letter extension after the period indicates a
top-level domain (TLD),
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(TLD),
top-level domain
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Internet. These major carriers of network traffic are known collectively as the
Internet backbone.
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) is the method that the Internet uses to store domain names and their corresponding IP addresses.
The domain name system (DNS
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(DNS
The domain name system
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is software designed to locate relevant webpages by creating a simple query based on your search criteria and storing the collected data in a search database.
A search engine
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is a wireless network device that provides Internet connec- tions to mobile computers and devices.
hot spot
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enables you to connect a phone, computer, or other device to the Internet through the cellular network
mobile hot spot
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is equal to approximately one million characters,
A megabyte (MB)
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is equal to approximately one billion characters.
gigabyte (GB)
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Wireless networks that are available in public places, such as hotels, restaurants, and coffee shops, are known as
Wi-Fi hot spots.
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contains factual information.
An informational and research website
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is a website that enables members to organize, tag, and share links to media and other online content
bookmarking site
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contain stories and articles relating to current events, life, money, politics, weather, technology trends, and sports.
News, weather, sports, and other mass media websites
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offers formal and informal teaching and learning.
An educational website
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is an informal website consisting of time-stamped articles, or posts, in a diary or journal format, usually listed in reverse chronological order.
A blog (originated from the term, web log)
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A blog
web log)
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refers to the worldwide collection of blogs.
blogosphere
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As the web becomes more interactive, an increasing amount of content is supplied by users. You
Wikis and Collaboration
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Real-time typed conversations by two or more people who are online at the same time
Chat
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A website or web app that gathers, organizes, and then distributes web content
Curation Website
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Preferred websites that you can access with a click or selecting an icon from a folder
Favorite
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Portion of a URL that identifies one or more IP addresses
Domain Name
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Descriptive text(s) used to categorize media and other internet asset / content
Tags
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Many websites provide up-to- date medical, fitness, nutrition, or exercise information for public access.
Health and Fitness
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contain information about space exploration, astronomy, physics, earth sciences, microgravity, robotics, and other branches of science.
Science website
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offers music, videos, shows, performances, events, sports, games, and more in an interactive and engaging environment. On entertainment websites,
entertainment website
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Online banking and online trading enable users to access their financial records from anywhere in the world, provided they have an Internet connection.
Banking and Finance
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enable users to research travel options and make travel arrangements.
Travel and tourism websites
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Several mapping websites and web apps exist that enable you to display up-to-date maps by searching for an address, postal code, phone number, or point of interest
Mapping
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You can purchase just about any product or service on the web.
Retail and Auctions
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You can search the web for career information and job openings.
Careers and Employment
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is a website that combines pages from many sources and provides access to those pages.
portal
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site, sometimes called a curation website, such as News360 or Flipboard, gathers, organizes, and then distributes web content
content aggregator
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, which are apps you can run entirely in a browser.
web apps
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short for electronic commerce, is a business transaction that occurs over an electronic network, such as the Internet
E-commerce,
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E-commerce, ???
electronic commerce
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consists of the sale of goods and services to the general public, such as at a shopping website.
Business-to-consumer e-commerce
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when one consumer sells directly to another, such as in an online auction.
Consumer-to-consumer (C2C) e-commerce occurs
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occurs when businesses provide goods and services to other businesses, such as online advertising, recruiting, credit, sales, market research, technical support, and training.
Business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce
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is a security method that scrambles or codes data as it is transmitted over a network so that it is not readable until it is decrypted.
Encryption
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_______ are used to verify a user's identity with a digital key that has been "signed" by a trusted third party
digital certificate
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is a filtering pro- gram that stops pop-up ads from displaying on webpages; similarly, a pop-under blocker stops pop-under ads.
A pop-up blocker
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is a standard protocol for securing credit card transactions over the Internet.
3D Secure
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to encrypt data. This helps protect consumers and businesses from fraud and identity theft when conducting commerce on the Internet.
Transport Layer Security (TLS)
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(TLS)
Transport Layer Security
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is a media file, such as a graphic, sound, ani- mation, or movie, that you can add to documents and webpages.
clip
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or electronic mailing list, is a group of email addresses
An email list,
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or threaded discussion, consists of the original article and all subsequent related replies.
thread
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is a file that contains video and audio; it is usually offered as part of a subscription to a podcasting service.
video podcast
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, short for web-based seminar, is a presentation an audience accesses over the web that shows a shared view of the presenter's screen and may also include audio and video of the presenter and allow for audience participation.
webinar
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refers to voice communications over the Internet and is sometimes called Internet telephony.
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
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(VoIP)
Voice over Internet Protocol
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, also called a social networking site, is a website that encourages members in its online community to share their interests, ideas, stories, photos, music, and videos with other registered users.
social network
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, such as YouTube or Flickr, you can manage media such as photos, videos, and music and share them with other site members.
a media sharing site
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s let purchasers post online ratings and reviews of practically any product or service.
Consumer review network
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let you have online conversations on any topic.
Discussion forum networks
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, which is the ability to find, evaluate, use, and communicate online information.
information literacy
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is software that combs the web to find webpages and add new data about them to the database,
A spider or crawler
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is a search term entered into a search engine on the web to obtain results.
A query
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You can also refine a web search by using a
search operator,
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gives authors and artists the legal right to sell, publish, or distribute an original work.
copyright
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which is a collection of technologies used by software publishers and trade groups to fight software piracy (theft) and prevent unauthorized copying of digital content; includes authentication, certificates of authenticity,
digital rights management (DRM),
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(DRM),
digital rights management
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= which means that the item, such as a photo, is available and accessible to the public without requiring permission to use;
public domain,
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allows you to use a sentence or paragraph of text without permission if you include a citation to the original source.
fair use doctrine
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is a nonprofit organization that helps content creators keep copyright to their materials while allowing others to use, copy, or distribute their work.
Creative Commons (CC)