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End-User Computing Chapter 1 Exam
Questions With Correct Answers
Application Software - answer✔Program designed to make users more productive and/ or assist them
with personal tasks.
Blog - answer✔Informal Web site consisting of time-stamped articles in a diary or journal format, usually
listed in reverse chronological order.
Camera Phone - answer✔Phone that can send picture messages.
Communications Device - answer✔Hardware component that enables a computer to send (transmit)
and receive data, instructions, and information to and from one or more computers.
Computer - answer✔Electronic device, operating under the control of instructions stored in its own
memory, that can accept data, process the data according to specified rules, produce results, and store
the results for future use.
Computer Literacy - answer✔Having a current knowledge and understanding of computers and their
uses.
Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM) - answer✔Use of computers to assist with manufacturing
processes such as fabrication and assembly.
Convergence - answer✔Term used to refer to the trend of manufacturers offering computers and
devices with technologies that overlap.
CPU (Central Processing Unit) - answer✔Electronic component on a computer's motherboard that
interprets and carries out the basic instructions that operate the computer.
Data - answer✔Collection of unprocessed items, which can include text, numbers, images, audio, and
video.
Desktop Computer - answer✔Computer designed so the system unit, input devices, output devices, and
any other devices fit entirely on or under a desk or table.
Developer - answer✔Person who writes and modifies computer programs.
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Digital Camera - answer✔Device that allows users to take pictures and store the photographed images
digitally, instead of on traditional film.
Digital Literacy - answer✔Having a current knowledge and understanding of computers and their uses.
E-Book - answer✔Electronic version of a printed book, readable on computers and other digital devices.
Also called a digital book.
E-Book Reader - answer✔Handheld device that is used primarily for reading e-books.
Embedded Computer - answer✔Special-purpose computer that functions as a component in a larger
product.
Enterprise Computing - answer✔Term large companies use to refer to the use of a huge network of
computers that meets their diverse computing needs.
Enterprise User - answer✔Computer user working for a business that has hundreds or thousands of
employees or customers that work in or do business with offices across a region, the country, or the
world.
Execute - answer✔Process of a computer carrying out the instructions in a program.
FAQ (Frequently Asked Question) - answer✔List that helps a user find answers to commonly asked
questions.
Game Console - answer✔Mobile computing device designed for single player or multiplayer video
games.
Graphical User Interface (GUI) - answer✔Type of user interface that allows a user to interact with
software using text, graphics, and visual images, such as icons.
Green Computing - answer✔Practices that involve reducing the electricity consumed and environmental
waste generated when using a computer.
Handheld Computer - answer✔Computer small enough to fit in one hand.
Hardware - answer✔Electric, electronic, and mechanical components contained in a computer.
Home User - answer✔User who spends time on a computer at home.
Information - answer✔Processed data that conveys meaning and is useful to people.
Information Processing Cycle - answer✔Series of input, process, output, and storage activities
performed by a computer.
Input Device - answer✔Any hardware component that allows users to enter data and instructions into a
computer.
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