Chap 2 CIT 105

What is the largest unit of measure for the size of a computer file?

After a picture has been taken with a digital camera and processed appropriately, the actual print of the picture is considered _______.

Any part of the computer that you can touch is called ______.

The tern "bit" is short for _____.

What type of computer is the Apple iPad?

a(n) ______ is a specially designed computer that can perform complex calculations extremely fast.

In binary language, each letter of the alphabet, each number, and each special character is made up of a unique combination of ______.

The four functions of the computer include input, process, output, and ______.

A keyboard and mouse are examples of _______ devices.

The standard keyboard is known as the _____ keyboard.

_______ computers are specially designed computer chips that reside inside other devices such as your car or the electronic thermostat in your home.

_______ keyboards can be rolled up and put in your backpack.

A(n) ______ is an input device that looks like a pen.

Display screens that respond to commands initiated with your finger or a stylus are called _______.

a ______ sits on your computer monitor or built into a laptop and is used primarily for transmitting live video

The small, touch-sensitive area at the base of the keyboard on a notebook commuter is known as a ________.

_______ is the abbreviation fro the place in the computer where the programs and data the computer is currently using are stored.

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Ram is a _______ storage location.

Flash Drives plug into a(n)

The most common way to connect devices to a computer is to use the _______ port.

A(n) _______ is where a peripheral device can attach to a computer so that data can be exchanged between it and the operating system.

all of the following are examples of permanent storage, EXCEPT _______.

All of the following are names for a flash drive, except _____.

enables your computer to connect to tother computers or to the internet.

Large, expensive computers hat support hundreds of users simultaneously are called ______.

New technologies pushing the boundaries of printing include ______.

Is the applied science concerned with designing and arranging machines and furniture so that people using hem aren't subjected to an uncomfortable or unsafe experience.

Computers are very good at _______ data into information.

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computers process data into information by working exclusively with ________.

devices such as monitors and printers that are connected to the computer are called _____.

RAM is considered volatile sot age, which means it is ______.

The _____ language consists of just two digits: 0 and 1.

The hard disk drive is a storage device, meaning that is stores data permanently.

_______ binary digits (or bits) combine to create one byte.

The _________ computer had no keyboard or monitor and used switches on the front of it to enter data using 0s and 1s

The ______ was the first portable computer.

Which company approached Bill Gates to write an operating system (OS- program for its computer in 1980?

Many people believe Grace Hopper's greatest contribution to computing was the invention of the _______.

What programming language revolutionized the software industry because beginning students could learn it easily?

Introduced in the late 1970s, which of the following allowed users to interact with the computer more easily?

What was the first electronic spreadsheet application to be used on personal computers?

The alto computer, built by _____, was based on the WYSIWYG principle.

Released in 1993, _______ was the first internet Web browser.

What was the first mass produced (popular, selling thousands) Personal Computer for consumers?

What was name of the first Consumer Personal Computer?

What was the first successful computer with a Graphical User Interace?

What company invented the Graphical User Interface (GUI)?

What company "legitimized" personal computers, making them something businesses would buy in large quantities?

What company produced the operating system for the first IBM PC?

What year was the internet invented?

What year was the web invented?

The web and the internet are the same thing?

A ______ enables your computer to connect to other computers.