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digital divide - correct answers A worldwide gap giving advantage to those
with access to technology
Net Neutrality - correct answers the principle that Internet service providers
should enable access to all content and applications regardless of the source,
and without favouring or blocking particular products or websites.
Cognitive Surplus - correct answers combination of leisure time and the tools
to be creative
Web 2.0 - correct answers a set of economic, social, and technology trends
that collectively form the basis for the next generation of the Internet
autonomy - correct answers independence
mastery - correct answers expertise
crowed funding - correct answers Asking for small donations from a large
number of people
QR - Quick Response Codes - correct answers let any piece of print link to
online and video content
Location Aware price comparison tools - correct answers ShopSavvy and
RedLaser - scan the barcode of the item and compare prices at nearby stores
,Crowed Sourcing - correct answers The phenomenon of consumers checking
in with the voice of the crowd before making purchases
collaborative consumption - correct answers joining together as a group to use
a specific product more efficiently
Access Versus Ownership - correct answers subscriptions vs one-time
purchases
Information Technology (IT) - correct answers field of study focused on the
management and processing of information and the automatic retrieval of
information
Big Data - correct answers Very large data sets that are analyzed to reveal
patterns, trends, and associations.
Data Mining - correct answers process by which great amounts of data are
analyzed and investigated
The Abacus - correct answers a calculator that performs arithmetic functions
by manually sliding counters on rods or in grooves
Z1 - correct answers In 1939, Konrad Zuse created this programmable
electronic computer. Binary electrically driven mechanical calculator with
limited programmability
Atanasoff-Berry Computer - correct answers Conducted digital calculations
including binary arithmetic and Boolean logic
,colossus - correct answers First programmable, electronic, digital computer.
Programmed with plugs and switches
Mark I - correct answers This was the very first electronic computer. It was
designed by Howard Aiken and Grace Hopper. It could automatically solve
differential equations and prepare mathematical tables.
ENIAC - correct answers Worlds first General Purpose Computer
UNIVAC I (Universal Automatic Computer) - correct answers the first general-
purpose commercial computer
Vacuum Tubes (1940's) - correct answers They were electronic devices that
controlled the flow of electricity in and out of a computer. They looked like long
light bulbs.
Transistor - correct answers A small electronic device used in a circuit as an
amplifier or switch.
integrated circuit - correct answers A group of tiny transistors and electric
wires built on a silicon wafer, or chip.
Microprocessor - correct answers The central processing unit that is generally
made from a single integrated circuit.
Moore's Law - correct answers the observation that computing power roughly
doubles every two years.
Four major functions of a computer - correct answers input, process, output,
storage
, Bits - correct answers Binary digits; a set of individual binary digits, each of
which is 1 or 0
Bytes - correct answers used to measure the amount of information a device
can store
binary number system - correct answers A system with two numeric values of
0 and 1, which are also referred to as off or on.
ASCII - correct answers a code for representing English characters as
numbers, with each letter assigned a number from 0 to 127
Unicode - correct answers A character code that enables most of the
languages of the world to be symbolized with a special character
identification.
Byte - correct answers 8 bits
Kilobyte (KB) - correct answers 1000 bytes
Megabyte (MB) - correct answers 1 million bytes
Gigabyte (GB) - correct answers 1 billion bytes
Terabyte (TB) - correct answers 1 trillion bytes
Pentabyte (PB) - correct answers 1 quadrillion bytes