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Notes From Practice Test 1A Flashcards

0
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What is another name for a criminal hacker?

A

Black hat

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_________ tools cloak a person’s identity and make it possible to exercise freedom of speech in situations where reprisals might repress it.

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anonymizer

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Voice over IP (VoIP) refers to voice conversations that are:

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routes over the Internet

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3
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the illegal copying and distribution of copyrighted material

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Pirating

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______ is a term that refers to objects and entities that exist largely within computer networks.

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Cyberspace

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________ is a process by which several technologies with distinct functionalities evolve to form a single product.

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Convergence

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________ is the process of converting text, numbers, sound, animations, photos, and video into data that can be processed by digital devices.

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Digitization

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Computer ownership suddenly accelerated in the mid-1990s after the _______ opened for commercial use.

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Internet

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The ______ is a global computer network originally developed as a military project, and then handed over to the National Science Foundation for research and academic use.

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Internet

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The world’s first programmer- this person programmed punch cards in the 1850s to program a weaving loom

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Augusta Ada Byron Lovelace

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This person was in charge of the Us Census in 1890 and created machines to tabulate the data. He went on to found IBM.

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Herman Hollerith

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In 1977 this was the network that led to the creation of the Internet

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ARPANET

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Where the graphical user interface (GUI) and mouse were developed

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XEROX Parc

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The Russian satellite that led to the “space race” and the US commitment to develop more sophisticated computing devices

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Sputnik

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the founders of Apple Computer

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Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak

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the founder of Microsoft

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Bill Gates

17
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the lawyer who created the “Creative Commons” license that spurred on the open source movement

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Lawrence Lessig

18
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the gap between people who have access to technology and the people who do not

A

digital divide

19
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the Worldwide economic interdependence of countries that occurs as cross-border commerce increases and as money flows more freely among countries

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globalization

20
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copying a file from a remote computer to a local computer’s hard disk

A

download

21
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a collection of linked documents, graphics, and sounds that can be accessed over the Internet

A

Web

22
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tools that hide a person’s identity to make it possible to exercise freedom of speech where reprisals might repress it. It can also be used by hackers or others to hide their identitiy

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anonymizer tools

23
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the ownership of certain types of information, ideas, or represenations

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intellectual property

24
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an ongoing process of social, political, and economic change brought about by digital technology, such as computers and the Internet

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digital revolution

25
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a form of electronic communication

A

email

26
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a group of computers linked by wired or wireless technology to share data and resources

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computer network

27
Q

places where members can post comments and questions that can be read and responded to by others. This is often a feature included in LMS

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bulletin boards

28
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personal journals posted online for general public address

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blogs (short for web logs)

29
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T or F

The US Supreme Court has ruled that citizens have the right to privacy or the “right to be left alone” in a free country

A

True

30
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T or F

The web is a subset of the Internet

A

True

31
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T or F
Open source projects do not allow copying, free distribution, peer review, and user modification. It is never ok to copy software.

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False

32
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Known as the father of the Internet, helped develop the email system

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Vinton Cerf

33
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The language of the web

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HTML

34
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Inventor of the World Wide Web

A

Tim Berners-Lee

35
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Oversees the continued development of the Web

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World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

36
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Played a pivotal role in cracking the enigma code

A

Alan Turing

37
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A form of electronic communication, was an application for the masses and finally a reason to buy a computer and join the digital revolution

A

Email

38
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The right to be left alone

A

Privacy

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