Csc 100 Test One Chap. 1-4

Front 1

any hardware component that allows you to enter data and instructions into a computer

Back 1

Input Device

Front 2

what involves reducing the electricity consumed and environmental waste generated when using a computer?

Back 2

Green Computing

Front 3

consists of a series of instructions that tells the computer what to do and how to do it.

Back 3

Software

Front 4

You interact with a program through its ____, which controls how you enter data and instructions and how information is displayed on the screen.

Back 4

User Interface

Front 5

A ____ computer targets a specific audience and offers high-quality audio, video, and graphics with optimal performance for sophisticated single-user and networked or Internet multiplayer games.

Back 5

Gaming Desktop

Front 6

With a(n) ____, users write on the screen or issue instructions to a Tablet PC, for example, by tapping on the screen.

Back 6

Digital Pen

Front 7

A(n) ____ message is a real-time Internet communication, where you exchange messages with other connected users

Back 7

Instant

Front 8

At home, every family member, or home ____, spends time on the computer for different reasons.

Back 8

User

Front 9

Many large companies use the term, ____ computing, to refer to the huge network of computers that meets their diverse computing needs.

Back 9

Enterprise

Front 10

In a large business, the employees in the ____ department keep the computers and the network running.

Back 10

IT

Front 11

____ conveys meaning and is useful to one or more people.

Back 11

Information

Front 12

At a photo sharing ____, users can create an online photo album and store their digital photographs.

Back 12

Community

Front 13

____ is the process of setting up the software to work with the computer, printer, and other hardware components.

Back 13

Installing

Front 14

Some mobile devices are ____, meaning they can connect to the Internet wirelessly.

Back 14

Internet Enabled

Front 15

Increasingly more employees and students are ____ users, who work on a computer while away from a main office or school.

Back 15

Mobile

Front 16

With ____, users access account balances, pay bills, and copy monthly transactions from a bank’s computer right into their personal computers.

Back 16

Online Banking

Front 17

A computer contains many electric, electronic, and mechanical components known as ____.

Back 17

Hardware

Front 18

A(n) ____ device is a hardware component that enables a computer to send (transmit) and receive data, instructions, and information to and from one or more computers.

Back 18

Communications

Front 19

____ are capable of processing more than 1 quadrillion instructions in a single second.

Back 19

Supercomputers

Front 20

Small business Web sites sometimes use a(n) ____ to show the world a live view of some aspect of their business.

Back 20

Webcam

Front 21

A(n) ____ is a system that attempts to imitate the behavior of the human brain.

Back 21

Neural Network

Front 22

In ____, people can communicate with multiple users at the same time — much like a group discussion.

Back 22

Chat Room

Front 23

Two categories of software are ____.

Back 23

System and Application Software

Front 24

The term, ____, refers to any personal computer based on the original IBM personal computer design.

Back 24

PC- Compatible

Front 25

With ____ software, a home user can play games, compose music, research genealogy, or create greeting cards.

Back 25

Entertainment

Front 26

Many small office/home office users have entered the ____ arena and conduct business on the Web.

Back 26

E- Commerce

Front 27

____ consists of electronic components that store instructions waiting to be executed and data needed by those instructions.

Back 27

Memory

Front 28

The trend of computers and devices with technologies that overlap is known as ____.

Back 28

Convergence

Front 29

Together, hardware, software, data, people, and procedures comprise a(n) ____ system.

Back 29

Information

Front 30

____ is a work arrangement in which employees work away from a company’s standard workplace and often communicate with the office through the computer.

Back 30

Telecommuting

Front 31

Investors often use ____ to buy and sell stocks and bonds — without using a broker.

Back 31

Online Investing

Front 32

The ____ is a worldwide collection of networks that links millions of businesses, government agencies, educational institutions, and individuals.

Back 32

Internet

Front 33

____ high-speed Internet connections use an antenna on a house or business to communicate with a tower location via radio signals.

Back 33

Fixed Wireless

Front 34

Internet-enabled mobile devices such as smart phones use a special type of browser, called a(n) ____, which is designed for their small screens and limited computing power.

Back 34

Micro browser

Front 35

The term ____ refers to any application that combines text with graphics, animation, audio, video, and/or virtual reality.

Back 35

Multimedia

Front 36

A(n) ____ is recorded audio, usually an MP3 file, stored on a Web site that can be downloaded to a computer or a portable digital audio player such as an iPod.

Back 36

Podcast

Front 37

A customer (consumer) visits an online business through an electronic ____, which contains product descriptions, graphics, and a shopping cart.

Back 37

Store Front

Front 38

____ is the transmission of messages and files via a computer network.

Back 38

E-mail

Front 39

____ is a real-time Internet communications service that notifies users when one or more people are online and then allows them to exchange messages or files or join a private chat room.

Back 39

IM

Front 40

____ enables users to speak to other users over the Internet.

Back 40

VoIP

Front 41

____ is an unsolicited e-mail message or newsgroup article sent to many recipients or newsgroups at once.

Back 41

SPAM

Front 42

Until 1995, NSFnet handled the bulk of communications activity, or ____, on the Internet.

Back 42

Traffic

Front 43

____ is a technology that provides high-speed Internet connection using regular copper telephone lines.

Back 43

DSL

Front 44

Each electronic document on the Web is called a Web ____, which can contain text, graphics, audio (sound), and video.

Back 44

Page

Front 45

The ____ format reduces an audio file to about one-tenth of its original size, while preserving much of the original quality of the sound.

Back 45

MP3

Front 46

____ occurs when one consumer sells directly to another consumer, such as in an online auction.

Back 46

Consumer-to-Consumer e-commerce

Front 47

A(n) ____ is a unique combination of characters, such as letters of the alphabet and/or numbers, that identifies a specific user.

Back 47

Username

Front 48

For ____ to work, both parties must be online at the same time, and the receiver of a message must be willing to accept messages.

Back 48

Instant Messaging

Front 49

____ is the code of acceptable behaviors users should follow while on the Internet; that is, it is the conduct expected of individuals while online.

Back 49

Netiquette

Front 50

A(n) ____ contains a list of commands from which a user makes selections.

Back 50

Menu

Front 51

____ software is software that allows users to organize data in rows and columns and perform calculations on the data.

Back 51

Spreadsheet

Front 52

When computer users ____ a document, the computer transfers the document from memory to a storage medium.

Back 52

Save

Front 53

To help organize a presentation, you can view ____ versions of all the slides similarly to how 35mm slides look on a photographer’s light table.

Back 53

Thumbnail

Front 54

____ software allows a user to plan, schedule, track, and analyze the events, resources, and costs of a project.

Back 54

Project Management

Front 55

____ enables users to write and print checks, track checking account activity, and update and reconcile balances on demand.

Back 55

Accounting Software

Front 56

____ software provides the capabilities of paint software and also includes the ability to enhance and modify existing images and pictures.

Back 56

Image Editing

Front 57

____ software assists in the preparation of legal documents and provides legal information to individuals, families, and small businesses.

Back 57

Legal

Front 58

____ software provides the capabilities of adjusting or enhancing image colors, adding special effects such as shadows and glows, and the like.

Back 58

Image Editing

Front 59

A blog author needs ____ to create/maintain a blog.

Back 59

Blogware

Front 60

When you click Paint in the Accessories list, Windows Vista loads the Paint program instructions from the computer’s hard disk into ____.

Back 60

Memory

Front 61

____ software allows users to create visual aids for presentations to communicate ideas, messages, and other information to a group.

Back 61

Presentation

Front 62

Most mobile devices include, among other features, ____ functionality.

Back 62

PIM

Front 63

____ is ideal for the production of high-quality color documents such as textbooks, corporate newsletters, marketing literature, product catalogs, and annual reports.

Back 63

Professional DTP Software

Front 64

____ software lets users modify audio clips and produce studio-quality sound tracks.

Back 64

Audio Editing

Front 65

Homeowners or potential homeowners can use ____ software to assist with the design, remodeling, or improvement of a home, deck, or landscape.

Back 65

Home Design/Landscaping

Front 66

____ training is a type of CBT (computer-based training) that uses Internet technology and consists of application software on the Web.

Back 66

Web-based

Front 67

The top of a window has a(n) ____, which is a horizontal space that contains the window’s name.

Back 67

Title Bar

Front 68

____ software allows users to create and manipulate documents containing mostly text and sometimes graphics.

Back 68

Word Processing

Front 69

A(n) ____ performs calculations on the data in a worksheet and displays the resulting value in a cell.

Back 69

Formula

Front 70

A(n) ____ is a request for specific data from a database.

Back 70

Query

Front 71

____ software enables users to enter typed text, handwritten comments, drawings, or sketches anywhere on a page and then save the page as part of a notebook.

Back 71

Note Taking

Front 72

____ enables users to write and print checks, track checking account activity, and update and reconcile balances on demand.

Back 72

Accounting Software

Front 73

____ is the process of arranging text and graphics in a document on a page-by-page basis.

Back 73

Page Layout

Front 74

____ software guides individuals, families, or small businesses through the process of filing federal taxes.

Back 74

Tax Preparation

Front 75

____ software teaches a particular skill.

Back 75

Educational

Front 76

Many worksheet cells contain a number that can be used in a calculation, called a(n) ____.

Back 76

Value

Front 77

____ software allows users to create, access, and manage a database.

Back 77

Database

Front 78

____ is the delivery of education via some electronic method such as the Internet, networks, or CDs/DVDs.

Back 78

E-learning

Front 79

DTP software includes a color ____, which is a standard set of colors used by designers and printers to ensure that colors will print exactly as specified.

Back 79

Library

Front 80

____ software is a simplified accounting program that helps home users and small office/home office users balance their checkbooks, pay bills, track personal income and expenses, set up budgets, manage home inventory, track investments, and evaluate financial plans.

Back 80

Personal Finance

Front 81

____ software provides valuable and thorough information for all individuals.

Back 81

Reference

Front 82

The cases of the system unit, sometimes called the ____, is made of metal or plastic and protects the internal electronic components from damage.

Back 82

Chassis

Front 83

Some computer and chip manufacturers use the term ____ to refer to a personal computer processor chip.

Back 83

microprocessor

Front 84

Together, four operations (fetching, decoding, executing, and storing) comprise a(n) ____ cycle.

Back 84

Machine

Front 85

A processor contains small high-speed storage locations, called ____, that temporarily hold data and instructions.

Back 85

registers

Front 86

____ is a type of nonvolatile memory that can be erased electronically and reprogrammed, similar to EEPROM.

Back 86

Flash Memory

Front 87

A(n) ____, such as a keyboard or printer, is a device that connects to the system unit and is controlled by the processor in the computer.

Back 87

Peripheral

Front 88

Bluetooth technology is ____.

Back 88

an alternative to IrDA that uses radio waves to transmit data between two devices

Front 89

The power ____ is the component of the system unit that converts the wall outlet AC power into the DC power a computer requires.

Back 89

Supply

Front 90

A(n) ____ circuit, which is etched on a computer chip, contains many microscopic pathways capable of carrying electrical current.

Back 90

Integrated

Front 91

With ____, the processor begins fetching a second instruction before it completes the machine cycle for the first instruction.

Back 91

Multi-core Processing

Front 92

ROM chips called ____ contain permanently written data, instructions, or information that is recorded when the chip is manufactured.

Back 92

Firmware

Front 93

The ____ unit is a case that contains electronic components of the computer used to process data.

Back 93

System

Front 94

The ____ interprets and carries out the basic instructions that operate a computer.

Back 94

CPU

Front 95

____ is the most common type of volatile memory.

Back 95

RAM

Front 96

A(n) ____ card is a removable device that allows users to transfer data and information conveniently from mobile devices to their desktop computers.

Back 96

Memory

Front 97

The processor relies on a small quartz crystal circuit called the ____ clock to control the timing of all computer operations.

Back 97

system

Front 98

A(n) ____ card converts computer output into a video signal that travels through a cable to the monitor, which displays an image on the screen.

Back 98

video