Exam 2 Flashcards

This is the study guide of topics for Exam 2 which covers chapters 4-6.

1
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Absolute Reference

A
  • to keep a row and/or column constant

- $

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2
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BBS

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(bulletin board system)

  • grand father of webpages
  • start of social media revolution
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3
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Blog

A

diary

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4
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Bootup

A

start up a computer system

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5
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Browser Cache

A
  • a folder that makes up webpages

- temporary

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6
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Browser Extension

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small software module for customizing a web browser.
-ex: ad block
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7
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Copyleft

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work may be used, modified, and distributed freely

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8
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Cookie

A

small flies that stay on your computer & stored by your web browser
➛ session: stays while your computer is on, deleted after closed
➛ 1st party: a website you trust
➛ 3rd party:

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9
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Creative Commons

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5 rights
(1) attribution: giving credit
(2) share a like: protects owner of created work
(3) no derivatives: taking original work and passing it as their own
(4) public domain: copyright expired, free to use/distribute/copy
(5) transformative work: repackaging work and providing meaning to original work

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10
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Crowdsourcing

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(lots of people)

- contributing information and time into a task/project with a large group of people via the internet.

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11
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CSS

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(cascading stylesheets)

-language used for describing the look and formatting of a document

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12
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Disk partition

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disk slicing is the creation of one or more regions on secondary storage

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13
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Email protocols

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accessing email on a remote web server from a local client
-POP3: (Protocol Version 3)
uses an app
-IMAP: (Internet Message Access Protocol)
there until deleted
-SMTP: (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)
-sending email
-IM: (Instant Messaging)
on at the same time
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14
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EULA

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(End User License Agreement)

is a legal contract between a software application author or publisher and the user of that application

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15
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File naming conventions

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framework for naming your files in a way that describes what they contain and how they relate to other files

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16
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Formatting

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process of preparing a data storage device

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17
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Formula format

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= (equal sign) to start the formula in excel

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18
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Geocoding

A

finding locations

ex) bridges

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19
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Geosocial Networking

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  • used to enable additional social dynamics.
  • crowd sourcing, geotagging, geocoding
  • ex) a place. yelp/ 4square/ google maps
20
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Geotagging

A

longitude, latitude

21
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HTML

A

(hypertext markup language)

22
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HTML Tag

A

code that defines every structure of a page.
➛ text, image, hypertext link placements
➛ < and >

23
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Intellectual Property

A

created from the mind

ex) art and music. tv shows, movies, pictures, songs

24
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Metadata tag

A

specific search/key words

25
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Microblog

A

mini diary

ex) twitter

26
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Multiprocessing

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(speed) running of two or more programs/sequences of instructions simultaneously

27
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Multitasking

A

execute more than one program or task simultaneously.

28
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Multithreading

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(responsiveness)

processing of multiple threads/programs at one time

29
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Open Source

A

original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed and modified.

30
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Passwords

A

secret word or phrase that must be used to gain admission to something.

31
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Physical File Storage

A

contain the actual data that is stored on the system

32
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Plugin

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is a software component that adds a specific feature to an existing computer program

33
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Portable Software

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(ex: usb)

software product designed to be easily moved from one computing environment to another

34
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Root Directory

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is the top-level directory of a file system

35
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Service Pack

A
  • updating

- released update to software from a manufacturer

36
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Setup program

A

installs a program on your computer

37
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Shareware

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available free of charge, after which a fee may be requested for continued use.

38
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Social Discovery

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-sharing location and finding friends nearby

39
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Social Networking

A
  • person/relationship

- applications to interact with other users, or to find people with similar interests to oneself

40
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Sociograms

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graphic representation of social links that a person has

41
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Spreadsheet

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electronic document in which data is arranged in the rows and columns of a grid and can be manipulated and used in calculations.

42
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URL

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(uniform resource locator)

-identifies/locates webpages

43
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Web Crawler

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(aka web spider)

- visits million of webpages and collects information

44
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Webpage

A

text only document

45
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Website

A

selection of webpages linked together to compromise a website

46
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Wiki

A

Hawaiian word for fast

47
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WWW

A

(world wide web)

database