Living in IT era lesson 4

Question 1

When you save it, it is copied to a secondary storage device like the hard drive or a flash drive , It is saved as a?

Answer 1

FILE

Question 2

how to make extention visible in windows?

Answer 2

•Open a Windows Explorer window
•Choose Organize tab
•Choose Folder and search options
•Choose View tab
•UNcheck the box that says “Hide extensions for known file types”
•Choose “Apply to Folders”

Question 3

.doc or . docx are?

Answer 3

word processing documents like Microsoft word

Question 4

.xls or .xlsx is type of?

Answer 4

Workbook like Microsoft excel

Question 5

.ppt or pptx is a type of?

Answer 5

powerpoint presentation, app like like MS powerpoint

Question 6

.accdb is a type of?

Answer 6

database , app like like MS access

Question 7

.gif, .jpg, .png is a type of?

Answer 7

Images , app like like Windows image viewer

Question 8

.mp4, .mp3 is a type of?

Answer 8

video, audio , app like media windows

Question 9

.zip is a type of?

Answer 9

compressed file like WinZip

Question 10

.htm or .html is a type of?

Answer 10

Web Page, app like hypertext markup language

Question 11

.pdf is a type of?

Answer 11

Portable document format, app like adobe acrobat

Question 12

this is based on physical storage devices, known as drives?

Answer 12

File systems

Question 13

this can be a local or remote?

Answer 13

Drives

Question 14

Typical drives are?

Answer 14

a-b: Floppy disk, c: local hard drive, d: cd drive , E-Z removable drives

Question 15

what does a partition do?

Answer 15

it fool the OS into thinking that one device is two (or more!) devices

Question 16

this provides an organizational structure to the computer’s data and programs?

Answer 16

operating system

Question 17

Hierarchical structure of directories;

Answer 17

drivers-folders-more folders-files

Question 18

tree metaphor; root, branches, leaves. and Filing cabinet metaphor is?

Answer 18

drawers-folders-files

Question 19

this refers to the organization and layout of data that is stored in a file?

Answer 19

file format

Question 20

this refers to the organization and layout of data that is stored in a file?

Answer 20

file format

Question 21

this usually indicates the format of a file and the application which was used to create the file?

Answer 21

file extention

Question 22

this is (also known as Windows Explorer) helps you manipulate files and folders?

Answer 22

file explorer

Question 23

this is a file manager, Shows files in different views and Shows files’ information?

Answer 23

window explorer

Question 24

One byte = ?
1 Kilobyte = ?
1 Megabyte = ?

Answer 24

One byte = one character, pretty small
1 Kilobyte = 1024 bytes, about a page of text
1 Megabyte = 1024 KBs, a 1000-page book

Question 25

1 Gigabyte = ?
1 Terabyte = ?
1 Petabyte = ?

Answer 25

1 Gigabyte = 1024 MBs (more than 1 billion bytes), about 1000 books, a library
1 Terabyte = 1024 GBs (more than 1 trillion bytes), over 1000 libraries
1 Petabyte = 1024 TBs (more than 1 quadrillion bytes), over 1 million libraries

Question 26

who created zipping files?

Answer 26

Phil Katz in 1989