Midterm Flashcards by Katelyn Wolf

Which of the following is NOT true about data?  

It has been organized or presented in a meaningful way

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Which of the following is NOT one of the four major data processing functions of a computer? 

Analyzing the data or information

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Computers use the ________ language consisting of 0s and 1s.

binary 

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Computers gather data, which means that they allow users to ________ data. 

input

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Which of the following is the largest unit of measure for the size of a computer file? 

Petabyte

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Any part of the computer that you can touch is called ________.  

hardware

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The term “bit” is short for ________.  

binary digit 

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The ________ contains the central electronic components of the computer.  

motherboard 

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A(n) ________ is a specially designed computer that can perform complex calculations extremely fast. 

supercomputer

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The four functions of the computer include input, process, output, and ________. 

storage

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A ________ is approximately 1 million bytes

megabyte

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A keyboard and mouse are examples of ________ devices. 

input 

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________ computers are specially designed computer chips that reside inside other devices such as your car or the electronic thermostat in your home. 

Embedded 

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A ________ was the first device with touch-screen capabilities

tablet PC 

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A(n) ________ is an input device that looks like a pen. 

stylus

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A ________ sits on your computer monitor or is built into a laptop and is used primarily for transmitting live video. 

webcam 

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The most common type of monitor is a(n) ________.

liquid crystal display (LCD) 

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The small, touch-sensitive area at the base of the keyboard on a notebook computer is known as a ________. 

touch pad

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The number of pixels displayed on the screen is known as ________. 

screen resolution 

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________ printers have tiny hammer-like keys that strike the paper through an inked ribbon. 

Impact 

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________ is the abbreviation for the place in the computer where the programs and data the computer is currently using are stored. 

RAM

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RAM is a ________ storage location

volatile

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Flash drives plug into a(n) ________. 

USB port

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The area that holds all the instructions the computer needs to start up when it is powered on is ________. 

ROM

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The most common way to connect devices to a computer is to use the ________ port. 

Universal serial bus (USB) 

Processing performance is affected by the number of processing paths called ________.  

cores 

A(n) ________ is where a peripheral device can attach to a computer so that data can be exchanged between it and the operating system. 

port 

A ________ enables your computer to connect to other computers or to the Internet. 

network interface card (NIC) 

Large, expensive computers that support hundreds of users simultaneously are called ________. 

mainframes 

All of the following are names for a flash drive, EXCEPT ________. 

hard drive

The Internet is ________.

a large network of networks

The concept of the Internet was developed in response to the ________ War.

Cold

The "fathers" of the Internet are Vinton Cerf and ________

Robert Kahn

Facebook and MySpace are considered to be ________ Web sites

social networking

You can keep track of IM contacts by using a ________.

buddy list

The Web is based on the ________ Protocol

Hypertext Transfer

Software that enables you to display and interact with text and other media on the Web is a ________.

Web browser

A computer connected to the Internet that asks for data is a ________.

client

Podcasts enable you to ________.

broadcast over the Internet using compressed audio and video files such as MP3s and MP4s

Podcasts use which of the following technologies?

RSS

Web 2.0 is classified as the ________

social Web

Adobe Reader, Flash Player, and QuickTime Player are all examples of special software programs called ________.

plug-ins

Using the Web to communicate and share information with our friends and others is known as ________.

social networking

All of the following are examples of multimedia, EXCEPT ________.

text

All of the following are tips for professional e-mail etiquette, EXCEPT ________.

use abbreviations such as "u", "r", and "BRB" to keep the e-mail message shorter

The "s" in "https" stands for ________.

secure socket layer

The name of the free Internet browser from Mozilla is ________.

Firefox

A ________ is a Web site where anyone can add, remove, or edit its content.

wiki

The unique address for a particular Web site is the ________.

URL

A ________ is a personal journal posted on the Web

blog

In the URL http://www.pearsonhighered.com/techinaction, the portion labeled ".com" is the ________.

top-level domain

In the URL http://www.pearsonhighered.com/techinaction, the portion labeled "techinaction" is the ________.

path

In the URL http://www.pearsonhighered.com/techinaction, the portion labeled "http" is the ________.

protocol

A list of pages within a Web site that you have visited and that usually appears at the top of a page is referred to as a(n) ________.

breadcrumb trail

Podcasts deliver their content using ________

Really Simple Syndication

________ use(s) continuous audio and video feeds

Webcasts

Live Bookmarks is a feature in ________ that adds the technology of RSS feeds to bookmarks.

Firefox

All of the following are a type of e-commerce business, EXCEPT ________.

C2B

A subset of e-commerce that uses social networks to assist in marketing and purchasing products is known as ________

social commerce

The browser feature where tabs are independent of each other is known as ________.

tab isolation

Software refers to a set of instructions that tells the computer what to do. These instruction sets are called ________.

programs

System software does all of the following, EXCEPT ________.

add graphics and pictures to files

The general software you use to do tasks at home, school, or work is known as ________ software.

application

______ software is the software that helps run the computer and coordinate instructions between the computer and the hardware devices.

System

The type of software that is free and available with few licensing and copyright restrictions is known as ________ software.

open source

The cell address C5 indicates that the cell ________.

is at column C, row 5 of the worksheet

In a spreadsheet, equations you build yourself using values and cell references are called ________

formulas

Another way to obtain software is through ________, where a vendor hosts the software online over the Internet and you do not have to install it on your computer.

Software as a Service

Presentation software includes all of the following features, EXCEPT ________.

formulas

All of the following are examples of software suites, EXCEPT ________.

Microsoft OneNote

The appropriate software to use for creating research papers is ________.

word processing software

In databases, information is organized in ________.

all of the above

The type of software that is best used to create a simple budget is ________.

spreadsheet software

The intersection of a row and column in a spreadsheet program is known as a ________

cell

All of the following are tips for a great presentation, EXCEPT ________.

use a variety of animations on most slides to keep audience attention

All of the following are examples of database software, EXCEPT ________.

OneNote

________ software helps you manage e-mail, contacts, calendars, and tasks in one place.

Personal information manager

A ________ is a Microsoft Office feature that walks you through steps to complete a complicated task.

wizard

All of the following are types of multimedia and entertainment software, EXCEPT ________.

productivity software

Computer-aided design software is used primarily by ________.

engineers to create models

Google ________ is a popular application that lets you edit images and helps to organize and share your digital images.

Picasa

Software designed for a specific industry is known as ________ software.

vertical market

All of the following are media management software used to organize music, video, and pictures, EXCEPT ________.

Sony Sound Forge

Multimedia software includes all of the following, EXCEPT ________.

utility software

Adobe Photoshop and Corel PaintShop Photo Pro are examples of ________ software.

image-editing

Moodle and Blackboard are examples of ________.

course management software

Web-based application software is software that ________.

is stored completely on a Web server instead of your hard drive

All of the following are examples of educational and reference software EXCEPT ________

EverQuest

A(n) ________ software installation enables you to decide which features you want to install on the hard drive.

custom

Every software program has a set of ________ that specify the minimum recommended standards for the operating system, processor, RAM, and hard drive capacity.

system requirements