computer scavenger hunt test| 32 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2023

computer scavenger hunt test| 32 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2023 What are the four components that all computers have in common? - input, storage, processing, output What is a dingbat? - special characters like stars, hands, arrows, and geometric shapes you can use to decorate a document what is a handshake? - a set of sequels and signs that helps the modems determine how they will exchange information what is a home page? - an introductory screen on the web, used to welcome visitors what handles can you not hold in your hand? - little squares at the edge and corners of a selected graphic on your screen what was ENIAC? - the worlds first general purpose computer what contribution did Ada Byron make to computing? - she did work on the early mechanical general purpose computer what do they call the suit that clean room technicians must wear while making computer chips and why is it necessary? - bunny suits: so it does not shock or electrocute them what does modem stand for? - modulator-demodulator What does a modem do? - converts a digital signal from a computer into an analog signal, so that can be transferred down a telephone line how many nibbles are in a byte? - 2 what is a terabyte? - a unit of information equal to one million bytes what have USB's replaced? - floppy disk What is a USB Flash drive considered as? - a small external flash drive that can be used with any computer that has a USB port what did Douglass Elbert invent? - the computer mouse what is a computer virus? - a piece of code that gets in your computer that can destroy data and infects a computer names 3 peripherals - mouse, keyboard, and monitor what does GUI mean? - graphical user interface what is an advantage of a Dvorak keyboard? - it increases typing speed How did Marcian Hoff change computers? - he invented the microprocessor do all computers have a microprocessor? - yes what is a gigaflop? - a unit of computing speed equal to one billion floating-point operations per second what is our school domain web address ? - what is a lisa and when did she come out? - a desktop computer developed by apple: Jan. 19, 1983 who coined the term "information superhighway" ? - vice president Al Gore what cam first, email or t