Pre-Work

Question 1

GUI

Answer 1

Graphical User Interface- the visual and/or graphic component of a computer

Question 2

Terminal

Answer 2

Text based interface that allows a user to interact with the computer by entering commands on a command line.

Question 3

Command Line Prompt

Answer 3

The snippet of text left of the cursor

Question 4

Path

Answer 4

The unique location of a file or folder in the file system hierarchy. Ex- Users/Andrea/Pictures/fun-day.jpg is the path for the image fun-day.jpg.

Question 5

Directory

Answer 5

Another name for folder in the file system hierarchy.

Question 6

Subdirectory

Answer 6

Directory within a directory

Question 7

mv file-name new-file-name

Answer 7

Moves contents of first file to second file

Question 8

cp file-name new-file-name

Answer 8

Creates an exact copy of the contents of the first file into the second

Question 9

rm file-name

Answer 9

Deletes file

Question 10

rm-r directory-name

Answer 10

Deletes directory and all files inside

Question 11

Text editor

Answer 11

Software designed to write text in a raw format without formatting or styling added

Question 12

TextEdit/Notepad

Answer 12

The default text editor on Mac/Windows

Question 13

Package Manager

Answer 13

Software that is designed to help manage other programs that are installed or need to be installed on a device.

Question 14

Git

Answer 14

A system of tracking changes between different versions of code

Question 15

GitHub

Answer 15

A website that works with Git to store, share, organize, and update code.

Question 16

Version Control System

Answer 16

A system that helps developers manage the various versions of their code.

Question 17

Commit

Answer 17

In Git, a snapshot of all the folders and files of a project that is saved to the project history.

Question 18

Repository

Answer 18

In Git, a container that holds all of the source code for a project.

Question 19

Vim

Answer 19

Default text editor designed for the use of the command line.

Question 20

Global

Answer 20

An option in many command line commands that applies the chance everywhere instead of just in the current directory.