Unit 4 - Module 1

Question 1

What do you call the phyical components of a compter?

Answer 1

Hardware

Question 2

What are the 6 common operating systems? Including phones

Answer 2

Windows
macOS
Linux
ChromeOS
Android
iOS

Question 3

What do you call an operating system that is outdated but still being used?

Answer 3

Legacy Operating System

Question 4

Is Linux open-sourced?

Answer 4

YES

Question 5

What do you call the 1010101 language computers communicate in?

Answer 5

Binary

Question 6

What do you call a program that performs a specific task?

Answer 6

An Application

Question 7

When you boot up a computer, what is activated to turn it on?

Answer 7

BIOS or UEFI

Question 8

What does BIOS stand for?

Answer 8

Basic Input/Output System

Question 9

What does UEFI stand for?

Answer 9

Unified Extensible Fireware Interface

Question 10

What do you call the last instruction that BIOS or UEFI uses to boots the operating system?

Answer 10

Bootloader

Question 11

What does RAM stand for?

Answer 11

Random Access Memory

Question 12

What do you call a program that allows the user to control the functions of the operating system?

Answer 12

User Interface

Question 13

What is a GUI? (Graphical User Interface)

Answer 13

Homescreen with start menu, task bar, desktop icons ect.

Question 14

What do you call a text-based user interface that uses commands to interact with the computer?

Answer 14

Command-line Interface (CLI)

Question 15

What are 2 main advantages over GUI with CLI?

Answer 15

Efficiency and History files