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In order for something to be considered a computer it must have a keyboard attached. (T/F)
False
What was used to make analyzing results faster for the 1890 census
Punch cards and punch card readers
When using a search engine, what keyword can be used tp provide a definition of a certain term
define
What word is interchangeable with computer
processor
What educational background is required to write algorithms
no educational background is required
an agent could be a
(computer, human, program) all of the above
what was the name of the first electronic computer and where was it located
ENiAC, Philadelphia
The instructions written in software are followed or executed by
hardware
What made computers more affordable and allowed them to have more complex CPUs?
transistors
___, ___, and _____ were three early technologies that increased one's desire to own a personal computer
email, games, word processing
Complexity is _____ to manufacture, though it remains _________ to design.
cheap, expensive
Software is a collective term for...
programs
Abstracting requires you to separate information into two categories: ________ and __________.
relevant, irrelevant
a program acts on .... and results in .....
inputs, outputs
What is a UI?
user interface
Which of the following is not a computer metaphor?
door handles
Which of the following is NOT an instance
menu
Computers do
exactly what you tell them to do
A good way to learn how to use a new application or piece of software is to
click around
Each time you paste, what is made of that saved version?
copy
What does ^C indicate to the user?
Ctrl C or Command C
When computers went mobile, this popular device was now a problem.
mouse
What company introduced the mouse?
apple
Digital is better than analog encoding of information because with digital it is possible to have ...
perfect reproduction
Software designers help users understand their software through the use of _______.
metaphors
Open, New, Close, and Save can usually be found in the ____ menu.
File
Perfect reproduction is a property of _______ information.
digital
In application menus, Undo, Cut, Copy, and Paste can usually be found in the ... menu
Edit
__, ____, and ____ are the three steps of the placeholder technique
Hide, edit, restore
_____ and ______ are important to keep in mind using a placeholder.
Easy to type, not used anywhere else
_____ is any indication that a computer is still processing a task or has already completed it
Feedback
Overlapping windows were first used in the user interface of the _______.
Xerox Alto
Usually applications from the same vendor are ____
consistent
Saving information for possible reuse is called
caching
If the Internet consisted of four computers, there would be six possible connections. If it consisted of five computers, there would be ten possible connections. How many connections are possible with ten computers?
45
What is the potential number of all IPv4 addresses available
4.294 billion
Root name servers
maintain the relationship between IP addresses and symbolic computer names
This type of communication results in the sending and receiving of information at different times.
asynchronous
the internet is fast enough to mimic this type of communication
synchronous
the internet and the world wide web are different names for the same thing
false
What can folders contain?
both files and folders
All IP addresses of authoritative name servers for TLDs are maintained and managed by 13 _____ servers.
Root name
A communication that goes out to many people within a specified target audience is called?
multicast
a hierarchy of related computers on a network is called
domain
Computers on an Ethernet network "tap" into a cable called the _______.
channel
_____ is the main technology for local area networks
ethernet
Local networks that support communications wholly within an organization are called
intranets
Special computers that send files to web browsers elsewhere on the internet are known as
Web Servers
In a web address, the http:// is the
protocol
Files are often sent over the internet via a process known by the acronym
FTP
The source file for a webpage contains the _____ of the page, not the actual image of the page.
Description
In the client/server structure, the customer's computer is the ______ and the business' computer is the _______
Client, server
When we get files from a server we are ___________ them. When we put files on a server we are _________ them.
downloading, uploading
Instead of typing in the IP address, we use symbolic names, which are also called
domain names
In URL's, ____ are not case sensitive, but ____ may be case sensitive
Domain names, pathnames
When moving inside of a directory hierarchy, moving up is the same as moving ______, and moving down is the same as moving _____.
higher, lower
HTML tags must be
case does not matter
Space inserted to make a document more readable is called
white space
paragraph
The attribute specifying a blue background is
style="background-color:blue"
the ../ notation in a relative path of hypertext reference means to
open the parent folder
To place an image on the right side of the window with the text filling the area the left would need to look like
the dimensions for an image on a webpage
are set using the width and height attributes
yes, tags are nested correctly
What tags are required for an HTML page?
html, head, body
If you want to display an image without any text around it, you should nest it inside of which tag(s)?
The ____ tag is a way to get more than one consecutive space in line of a web page
_____ tags are tags between other tags
nested
Specifications inside a tag are called
attributes
The src in an image tag stands for
source
To put the 10 greatest inventions of all time, in order, on a webpage, you should use a
______ is the main language that defines how a webpage should look
CSS
is the tag for the heading that is the largest and the darkest.
HTML _____ white spece
ignores
______ separates the content from the border
padding
Note
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