Google Technical Support: the Internet Module and Software Module Flashcards
Acronym: NAT
Network Address Translation
Acronym:
sudo
Super User DO
Allows organizations to use one public IP address and many private IP addresses within its network; conserves use of limited number of public IP addresses
Network Address Translation
This two worded BASH command will install new software
apt install
This BASH command provides a high-level commandline interface for the package management system
apt
current Internet Protocol; address consists of 32 bits separated into four groups (ex: 123.45.67.8); limited number of unique addresses
IPv4
First programming language, very basic
Assembly Language
Type of code that is generally used to perform a single or limited range task
Scripts
How a user interacts with a computer
Software
Acronym: IoT
Internet of Things
latest Internet Protocol; consisting of 128 bits (ex. 1234:5a67:8912:3456:7891:2345:6789:12bc); greatly expands number of unique addresses
IPv6
Making something that is complex easy to use without requiring much understanding of how it works
Abstraction
Type of programming language where the script is interpreted into CPU instructions at runtime
Interpreted Language
Smart devices; connecting things to the internet (and therefore, each other) besides just computers (ex. thermostats, scales, cars, etc.)
Definition: IoT
Software created to fulfil a specific need (ex. text editor, web browser, graphics editor)
Application Software
Software that’s permanently stored on a computer component (ex. BIOS)
Firmware
Software that’s used to keep core system running
System Software
special languages that software developers use to write instructions for computers to execute
Programming Languages
This form of software allows interaction with a computer’s hardware.
Drivers
This is a popular version control system that helps keep track of changes made to files and directories
Git
This Windows file extension is specifically for an executable file
.exe
Translates human language instructions and translates, or compiles, them into machine language
Compiler
uses “human readable” instructions, then sends them through a compiler; General Grace Hopper invented in 1959
Compiled Programming Language
