Questions and Actual Answers 2025-
2026 Updated.
Digital Literacy - Answer Having a current knowledge and understanding of computers, mobile
devices, the web, and related technologies
Computer Literacy - Answer Having a current knowledge and understanding of computers,
mobile devices, the web, and related technologies.
Computer - Answer An electronic device, operating under the control of instructions stored in
its own memory, that can accept data, process the data to produce information, and store the
information for future use.
Data - Answer Raw facts, such as text or numbers
Hardware - Answer The device itself and its components, such as wires, cases, switches, and
electronic circuits.
Software - Answer The programs and apps that instruct the computer to perform tasks.
Software processes data into meaningful information.
Information - Answer Data that has been processed to become meaningful.
Vacuum Tubes - Answer Cylindrical glass tubes that controlled the flow of electrons, used in
the first generation of computers.
Transistors - Answer Smaller, cheaper, and more reliable replacement for vacuum tubes in the
second generation of computers.
Integrated Circuits - Answer Developed in the 1960s, packed the equivalent of thousands of
vacuum tubes or transistors into a silicon chip about the size of your thumb.
Microprocessor - Answer The "brains" of a computer; a chip that contains a central processing
, Internet of Things (IoT) - Answer An environment where processors are embedded in every
product imaginable (things), and these things communicate with one another via the Internet or
wireless networks.
Smart Devices - Answer A device that can communicate, locate, and predict; part of the
Internet of Things (IoT).The basic premise of IoT is that objects can be tagged, tracked, and
monitored through a local network or across the Internet.
Embedded Computer - Answer A computer that functions as one component in a larger
product, and which has a specific purpose.
Chip-and-Pin Technology - Answer An improvement in card technology that stores data on an
embedded chip instead of a magnetic stripe.
Kiosk - Answer A freestanding booth usually placed in a public area that can contain a display
device used to show information to the public or event attendees.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Answer The technological use of logic and prior experience to
simulate human intelligence.
Virtual reality (VR) - Answer The use of computers to simulate a real or imagined environment
that appears as a three-dimensional (3-D) space.
Augmented reality (AR) - Answer A type of virtual reality that uses an image of an actual place
or thing and adds digital information to it.
Digital Divide - Answer The gap between those who have access to technology and its
resources and information, especially on the Internet, and those who do not.
alternative text (alt text) - Answer Descriptive text added to an object. Also called alt text.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - Answer Law that requires any company with 15 or more
employees to make reasonable attempts to accommodate the needs of physically challenged
workers.