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Week 8_Ch 13_16 Flashcards

1
Q

The ______ is the fundamental building block of modern electronic devices, and is ubiquitous in modern electronic systems.

A

transistor

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2
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The British computer engineer responsible for the polarization of the term web is _________.

A

Tim Berners-Lee

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3
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The British inventor who designed what he called a _____ was Charles Babbage.

A

difference engine

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4
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The cartoon character _____ was first featured during an early television experiment.

A

Felix the Cat

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5
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The first interactive computer game was called _____.

A

Spacewar

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The first web browser, ____ was invented by college students Marc Andreeson and Eric Brin.

A

Mosaic

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7
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The high school student who invented a practical form of television was ________ .

A

Philo Farnsworth

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8
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The internet has its roots in the American military who was concerned about _______ .

A

nuclear war

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9
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The largest television monitor in the world can be found in the ________ stadium.

A

Dallas Cowboys

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10
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The medium that gave television its charters, personalities, and storytelling ideas was ____ .

A

cartoons

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11
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The most successful wiki to date is _____ .

A

Wikipedia

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12
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The movie ____ should have propelled the field of CGI (computer-generated imagery) except for the fact that it was a box office bomb

A

Tron

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13
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The name for Google originated from the mathematical term ____ .

A

googol

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14
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The science fiction writer who coined the phrase ______ was William Gibson.

A

cyberspace

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15
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The television technology that was as monumental as the switch from black and white to color is _____.

A

HDTV

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16
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The term to describe the fact that all media of presentations rely on computer technology to some degree is called __________ .

A

convergence

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17
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The word ______ , invented by David Sarnoff of RCA, was a combination of hearing and seeing by radio.

A

Television

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18
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TV is a medium in which the viewer is charged with the task of making ______ of it all.

A

sense

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19
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TV is a reflection of culture or social reality like music, it is a ______ in which we all share.

A

social ritual

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20
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TV is capable of satisfying the cultural needs of a ____ group of viewers.

A

diverse

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21
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TV is produced for a _____ audience which makes it part of ‘popular culture.’

A

mass

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22
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_____ stands for uniform resource locator.

A

URL

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23
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Videotaped was demonstrated in 1956 by Charles Ginsburg and first popularly used for ______ shows.

A

news

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24
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When a brand name/NOUN also becomes a ____ there is a cultural phenomenon going on.

A

VERB

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25
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Without question, computers represent a major technological breakthrough on par with the _________ .

A

printing press

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26
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What does URL stand for?

A

Uniform Resource Locator

27
Q

CPU stands for?

A

Central Processing Unit

28
Q

The Apple 1 sold 175 of them in 1975 for how much?

A

$500.00

29
Q

If a society accepts violence, sexism and stereotypes that content will pervade the digital medium. Society always gets the media images it ___________ .

A

deserves

30
Q

___ was launched in the US in 1981.

A

MTV

31
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______ was the first computer programmer, wrote the instructions for Babbage’s engine, and foresaw the machine had capabilities beyond calculations. She also coined the word “Artificial Intelligence.”

A

Ada Lovelace

32
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______ was the first scripted television program to be shot on 35 mm film in front of a studio audience.

A

I Love Lucy

33
Q

________ presidential debates had a major impact on the election’s outcome, and ushered in a new era in which crafting a public image and taking advantage of media exposure became essential ingredients of a successful political campaign.

A

Kennedy and Nixon

34
Q

_________ changed the game for visual communicators by making desktop publishing a reality.

A

Macintosh

35
Q

_________ is Hawaiian for fast.

A

Wiki

36
Q

_______ was designed and primarily used to calculate artillery-firing tables for the US Army’s Ballistic Research Laboratory; its first programs included a study of the feasibility of the hydrogen bomb.

A

ENIAC (electronic numerical integrator and computer (1945))

37
Q

______ were symbols used to communicate with others who couldn’t read.

A

Hobo Signs

38
Q

A communications technology changing the way persons view television programs is the _______.

A

web

39
Q

A goal of visual communication is create _____ images that challenge and enrich a person’s life.

A

memorable

40
Q

According to the author, the element that links all the chapters together is ________.

A

light

41
Q
  1. Although words are a second visual language, we would not be able to fully function in their ______ .
A

absence

42
Q

An important issue facing visual communicators is ______ versus government censorship.

A

free speech

43
Q

Clear seeing is a combination of how much you know and how you ____ at any particular moment.

A

feel

44
Q

Combining two of more existing applications into a distinct service is called a _____ .

A

mashup

45
Q

Computer game originally in 1971 was designed to teach schoolchildren about the realities of 19th century pioneer life of the _______ . (19th Century – January 1, 1801 – December 31, 1900)

A

Oregon Trail

46
Q

Computers are simply machines that ______ the culture that makes them.

A

reflect

47
Q

Ethical concerns regarding computer gaming include _______________ .

A

sex, violence, and stereotypes

48
Q

Flipping through programs to find something to watch without using a television guide is called __________ .

A

channel grazing

49
Q

Games are criticized for rewarding players for committing some kind of ______ act.

A

violent

50
Q

George Lucas started ___________ during the filming of Star Wars.

A

Industrial Light and Motion

51
Q

Graffiti is a ________ for cities around the world mainly because it is little understood.

A

social problem

52
Q

If Web 1.0 was about _______ , Web 2.0 is about writing and sharing.

A

reading

53
Q

If you divide a still image into a collection of ________ , your brain will reassemble the dots into a meaningful image.

A

small colored dots

54
Q

Images can be recalled more easily when they invoke emotional and ______ thoughts.

A

rational

55
Q

Images that are remembered are the ones that combine aesthetically pleasing design elements with _____ that matters.

A

content

56
Q

In 1948, only 1% of American households had a TV set. By the early 1960s, more than ____ of all homes had a TV.

A

90%

57
Q

Jack Kilby’s idea to link ____ on a circuit board made it possible to build cheaper, smaller computers.

A

transistors

58
Q

MTV’s The Real World: New York was the first _________ to appeal to a large audience.

A

reality-based series

59
Q

One of the first commercially successful search engines was _____ !

A

Yahoo

60
Q

One of the most influential directors in the field of CGI (computer-generated imagery) is _______ .

A

James Cameron

61
Q

Television in the _____ pushed what was considered acceptable to new limits.

A

1970s

62
Q

The ______ genre became widely popular in the 1990s.

A

reality show

63
Q

The _________ mission is to lead the World Wide Web to its fill potential by developing protocols and guidelines that ensure the long-term growth of the Web.

A

W3C (World Wide Web Consortium)

64
Q

The _______ behind Apple Computers was Steve Jobs.

A

marketing wizard

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