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51 Cards in this Set
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Agricultural Age |
The Era covering most of the past ten thousand years, during which humanity lived mainly by domesticating animals and growing food using plows and other agricultural tools |
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Apps |
Small software applications |
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Application Program (application) |
Software tools that transform general purpose computers into special purpose tools useful for meeting particular needs |
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Browsers |
Programs like Internet Explorer and Firefox |
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Desktop Computer |
Personal computer designed to sit on a desk or table for extended periods of time |
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Digital Divide |
A term that describes the divide between the people who do and do not have access to the Internet |
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Electronic Mail (email) |
A type of communication by which Internet users send mail messages, data files and software programs to other Internet users |
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Embedded Systems |
A computer that is embedded into a consumer product (wrist watch, game machine) to enhance those products. Also used to control hardware devices. |
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Firmware |
A program, usually for special purpose computers, stored on a ROM chip so it cannot be altered |
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Hypertext Link |
A connection from a word or phrase to another document or site, like the many that loosely tie together millions of Web pages |
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Industrial Age |
The recent modern era, characterized by the shift from farms to factories |
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Industrial Revolution |
The Era of rapid advances in machine technology that began at the end of the 18th century and ushered in the industrial age |
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Information age |
The current era, characterized by the shift from an industrial economy and the convergence of computer and communication technology |
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Integrated circuit |
A chip containing hundreds, thousands or even millions of transistors |
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Internet (Net) |
A global interconnected network of the ousands of networks linking academic, research, gov. And other commercial institutions and other organizations and individuals. |
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Laptop Computer |
A flat screen, battery powered portable computer that you can rest on your lap. |
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Mainframe Computer |
Expensive, room sized computer used mostly for large computing jobs |
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Microprocessor |
Now known as a personal computer |
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Moore's Law |
The prediction made in 1965 by Gordon Moore that the power of silicon chip of the same price would double about every 18 months for at least two decades |
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Netbook |
An extra small extra light no-frills netbook computer designed mainly as a portable internet connection device |
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Notebook Computer |
Another term for laptop computer |
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Paradigm Shift |
A change in thinking the results in a new way of seeing the world |
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Peripherals |
An external device such as a keyboard or monitor connected via cables to the system central processing unit |
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Personal Computer (PC) |
A small powerful relatively low cost microcomputer |
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Server |
A computer especially designed to provide software and other resources to other computers over a network |
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Silicon Chip |
Hundreds of transistors packed into an integrated circuit on a piece of silicon |
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Silicon Valley |
The area around San Jose California that became a hotbed of the computer industry in the 1970s when dozens of microprocessor manufacturing companies sprouted and grew there |
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Smart Phones |
A hand held device that combines the functions of a phone a camera a PDA a game machine and a music video player with Internet connectivity and ability to run apps |
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Super Computer |
A super fast super powerful and super expensive computer used for applications that demand maximum power |
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Tablet Computer |
A type of handheld device such as an iPad that bridges the shrinking gap between the smartphone and the notebook / netbook PC |
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Terminal |
Combination keyboard and screen that transfers information to and from a mainframe computer |
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Thin Client |
A network computer designed to connect to the Internet but not perform all the other tasks performed by a PC |
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Timesharing |
Technique by which mainframe computers communicate with several users simultaneously |
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Transistor |
An electronic device that performs the same function as the vaccum tube by transferring electricity across a tiny resistor |
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Workstation |
A high-end desktop computer |
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World Wide Web (Web) |
Part of the Internet a collection of multimedia documents created by organizations and users world wide. Documents are linked in a hypertext Web that allows users to explore them with simple mouse clicks |
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When did personal computers become available? |
Between 1966 and 1990 |
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When did the world wide Web become available? |
1990's |
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When did Web 2.0 sites like Facebook and YouTube become popular? |
2000s |
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For what do we depend on computer technology? |
1. Controlling our money and banking systems 2. Keeping our transportation systems running smoothly 3. Making many of our house hold appliances and gadgets work properly |
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PCS are extremely versatile tools because they can accept instructions from a wide variety of...? |
Software |
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Many of the most important developments in the earliest days of the computer were motivated by what event? |
World War I I |
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Which of these technologies was invented first? The smart phone The laptop computer The net book The embedded computer The desktop computer |
The embedded computer |
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Which of these technologies was developed most recent? Smart phone Laptop computer Netbook Embedded computer Desktop computer |
Smart Phone |
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What is the order in which computer circuitry evolved through three generations of technology? |
Vaccum Tube, Transistor, Silicon Chip |
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As computers evolved, they... |
Became faster |
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Mainframe |
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Some computers are able to maintain simultaneous connections to many users through a technique called... |
Timesharing |
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Silicon Valley is a nickname for? |
The area in northern California where many of the most important digital technology companies are based. |
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What principle is not a useful guideline for making ethical decisions? |
If it's legal, it's ethical. |
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An application program is? |
A program that let's someone use a computer for a particular purpose |
