Cs100 prelims (pt 2) Flashcards
This duo pioneered the development of the first computing engine programmed using punch cards.
Babbage & Lovelace
This technological advancement uses photons and subatomic particles in developing Central Processing Units (CPU).
Quantum Computing
ENIAC and UNIVAC used wind to process computations through this material.
Vacuum Tubes
Who was the first computer programmer?
Ada Lovelace
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.
Quantum Computers
What is the “G” in 4G and 5G networks?
Generation
Before you can connect to the Internet, you must identify the network using its___________
service set identifier
(SSID).
service set identifier
Real-time typed conversations by two or more people who are online at the same time
Chat
A website or web app that gathers, organizes, and then distributes web content
Curation Website
Preferred websites that you can access with a click or selecting an icon from a folder
Favorite
Portion of a URL that identifies one or more IP addresses
Domain Name
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
Tethering
Descriptive text(s) used to categorize media and other internet asset / content
Tags
A computer that sends back requested webpages to your browser
Web Server
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.
web
The__________is a global collection
of millions of computers linked together to share
information.
Internet
A _________ is any computer or device that
provides services and connections to other computers or
devices on a network.
host
is the concept tl1at one website
has the same value or priority as other websites, resulting in
equal, unrestricted access to each site.
Net neutrality
which is a company that sells Internet access, must provide the same level of service to all websites, regardless of their content or purpose.
an Internet service provider ,
ISP
Internet service provider
is the transmission of messages and files vie computer network
Email?
electronic mail)
responsible for releasing rules surrounding Internet access.
U.S. Federal
Communication Commission
(FCC)
U.S. Federal
Communication Commission
sets standards that
allow devices, services, and applications to work together across the
Internet.
The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
IETF
The Internet Engineering Task Force
, which consists of hundreds of organizations and experts that work
together to write web standards.
World Wide Web Consortium
(W3C)
(W3C)
World Wide Web Consortium
is a specially formatted document that can contain text, graphics, sound, video, and links to other webpages.
webpage
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,
you see the same content each time.
static webpage,
, by contrast, the content of the
webpage is regenerated each time you display it.
a dynamic webpage
is a computer that delivers requested web-
pages to your computer or mobile device.
web server
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.
users view websites on a
variety of computers and devices, many website developers
use an approach called
responsive web design (RWD)
(RWD)
responsive web design
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)
HTML
(Hypertext Markup
Language)
is used to specify the content’s
design and appearance.
CSS
(cascading style sheets)
CSS
(cascading style sheets)
To access content on the web, you use a ___________
browser,
As you navigate websites, your browser keeps a copy
of each page you view in a holding area called the
cache,
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,
The
__________ in a browser includes buttons, such as
Back and Forward, that you can use to revisit webpages
along the breadcrumb path.
navigation bar
, an address that identifies the location
of the page on the Internet
web address or uniform resource
locator (URL)
(URL)
uniform resource locator
which is a common set of rules for exchanging
information.
protocol,
is the portion
of a URL that identifies one or more IP addresses,
domain name
A browser displays the URL for the current
webpage in its
address bar
address, the three-letter extension after the
period indicates a
top-level domain (TLD),
(TLD),
top-level domain
Internet. These major carriers of network traffic are
known collectively as the
Internet backbone.
) is the method that the
Internet uses to store domain names and their corresponding
IP addresses.
The domain name system (DNS
(DNS
The domain name system
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
is a wireless network device that provides Internet connec-
tions to mobile computers and devices.
hot spot
enables you to connect a phone, computer, or other device
to the Internet through the cellular network
mobile hot spot
is equal to approximately one million characters,
A megabyte
(MB)
is equal to approximately one
billion characters.
gigabyte (GB)
Wireless networks that
are available in public places, such as hotels, restaurants,
and coffee shops, are known as
Wi-Fi hot spots.
contains factual information.
An informational
and research website
is a website that
enables members to organize, tag, and share links to media
and other online content
bookmarking site
contain
stories and articles relating to current events, life, money,
politics, weather, technology trends,
and sports.
News,
weather, sports, and other mass media websites
offers formal
and informal teaching and learning.
An educational website
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)
A blog
web log)
refers to the
worldwide collection of blogs.
blogosphere
As the web becomes more
interactive, an increasing amount of content is supplied
by users. You
Wikis and Collaboration
Real-time typed conversations by two or more people who are online at the same time
Chat
A website or web app that gathers, organizes, and then distributes web content
Curation Website
Preferred websites that you can access with a click or selecting an icon from a folder
Favorite
Portion of a URL that identifies one or more IP addresses
Domain Name
Descriptive text(s) used to categorize media and other internet asset / content
Tags
Many websites provide up-to-
date medical, fitness, nutrition, or exercise information
for public access.
Health and Fitness
contain information about
space exploration, astronomy, physics, earth sciences,
microgravity, robotics, and other branches of science.
Science website
offers music,
videos, shows, performances, events, sports, games, and
more in an interactive and engaging environment. On
entertainment websites,
entertainment website
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
enable users to research travel options and make travel
arrangements.
Travel and tourism websites
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
You can purchase just about any
product or service on the web.
Retail and Auctions
You can search the web
for career information and job openings.
Careers and Employment
is a website that combines pages from
many sources and provides access to those pages.
portal
site,
sometimes called a curation website, such as News360 or
Flipboard, gathers, organizes, and then distributes web content
content aggregator
, which
are apps you can run entirely in a browser.
web apps
short for electronic commerce, is a business
transaction that occurs over an electronic network, such
as the Internet
E-commerce,
E-commerce, ???
electronic commerce
consists of
the sale of goods and services to the general public, such
as at a shopping website.
Business-to-consumer e-commerce
when one consumer sells directly to another, such as in
an online auction.
Consumer-to-consumer (C2C) e-commerce occurs
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
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
_______ are used to verify a user’s identity with a digital
key that has been “signed” by a trusted third party
digital certificate
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
is a
standard protocol for securing credit card transactions over
the Internet.
3D Secure
to encrypt data. This helps
protect consumers and businesses from fraud and identity
theft when conducting commerce on the Internet.
Transport Layer Security (TLS)
(TLS)
Transport Layer Security
is a media file, such as a graphic, sound, ani-
mation, or movie, that you can add to documents and
webpages.
clip
or electronic mailing list, is
a group of email addresses
An email list,
or threaded
discussion, consists of the original article and all
subsequent related replies.
thread
is a file that
contains video and audio; it is usually offered as part of a
subscription to a podcasting service.
video podcast
, 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
refers to voice
communications over the Internet and is sometimes called
Internet telephony.
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
(VoIP)
Voice over Internet Protocol
, 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
, 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
s let purchasers post online ratings and
reviews of practically any product or service.
Consumer review network
let you have online
conversations on any topic.
Discussion forum networks
, which
is the ability to find, evaluate, use, and communicate online
information.
information literacy
is software
that combs the web to find webpages and add new data
about them to the database,
A spider or crawler
is a search term entered into a search engine
on the web to obtain results.
A query
You can also refine a web search by using a
search operator,
gives authors and artists the legal right to
sell, publish, or distribute an original work.
copyright
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),
(DRM),
digital rights
management
= which means that
the item, such as a photo, is available and accessible to the
public without requiring permission to use;
public domain,
allows you
to use a sentence or paragraph of text without permission
if you include a citation to the original source.
fair use doctrine
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)
