cis midterm
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- list one of founders of google?
- larry page
- define the "digital divide". include one example of something that impacts its size?
- those that have the technology and those that dont. pples income has a big impact
- list 2 benefits of using a broadband internet connection instead of a dial-up.
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-faster
-stays connected - what company produced the first microprocessor chip?
- intel
- according to the movie, what was first PC?
- altair 8800
- what invention gave the "power of a mainframe on the desktop"?
- microprocessor chip
- which is not a type of multimedia?
- text
- the internet began in 1969 with?
- ARPANET
- what program used a search engine to find individual web pages?
- spider
- Tim Berners -Lee is best known for??
- inventing WWW
- this allows you to insert and remove cards while computer is running?
- hot plugging
- "reading" is the process of...?
- getting an object from storage into memory
- how is a computer defined?
- electronic device operating under control of instructions stored in its own memory
- what is the difference between data and information?
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*data- raw facts, figures, and symbols
*information- data that is organized, meaningful, and useful - what is the information processing cycle?
- input,process, output,storage, communication
- what is the machine cycle?
- fetch, decode, execute, store
- what is an input device? output device?
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-hardware used to enter data and instructions
-hardware that conveys information to one or more people - what are the two main components on the motherboard?
- -Central Processing Unit (CPU) and Memory
- what is a CPU and memory?
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CPU- electronic component that interprets and carries out basic instructions that operate a computer
memory- consists of electronic components that store instructions waiting to be executed and data needed by those instructions - what are the benefits to a computer?
- speed, reliability, consistency, storage, communications
- what are the disadvantages to a computer?
- violation of privacy, impact on labor force, health risks, impact on enviroment
- what is a network?
- collection of computers and devices connected together
- what is the difference between communication devices and communication media?
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-enables a connection between computers (modem)
-cables telephone lines, cellular radios, and satellites - what is a server?
- -manages the resources on a network
- what is the internet?
- world wide collection of networks that connects millions of computers
- what is the difference between a website and a web page?
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- is collection of related web pages
-contains text, graphics, sound, video, and links to other web pages - what is the world wide web?
- billions of documents, called web pages, available to anyone connected to the internet
- how did the internet originate?
- thru a networking project by pentagons advanced research project agency (ARPANET)
- what was the goal of ARPANET and when did it become functional?
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*goal: to function if part of network were disabled and to allow scientist to share info no matter what location
*functional- september 1969 - how has the internet grown over the years?
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1969- 4 host nodes
1984- more than 1,000 host nodes
today- more than 200 million host nodes - what are 2 of the organizations that set standards for the internet? how?
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W3C- world wide web consortium: developed by tim b. lee. ..oversees research, sets standards and guidelines
Internet 2(I2): develops and tests advanced internet technologies - what are the 2 ways to connect to the internet? give examples & adv/dis?
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-slow speed tech: dial-up, connection must be established each time u log in, slow but in expensive
High speed connection: DSL (digital subscriber line), CATV (cable telephone internet services), cable modem, satellite modems, and fixed wireless....computer is always on whenever computer is on - what are ways to access the internet?
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-ISP
-OSP (AOL or MSN)
-Wireless Internet service provider - what is a domain name and IP address? give an example?
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-the Text version of Internet Protocol (IP address)...ex)www.scite."com"
-number that uniquely identifies each computer or device connected to internet ..ex)63.123.44.192 - what is the difference between a web page and a web site?
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-web page: each electrnic document
-web site: a collection of related web pages - what is a web browser?
- program that allows you to view web pages (Internet explorer, Netscape)
- what is a home page?
- the firt page that a web site presents and often provides connections to otherweb pages
- how do hand held devices and cell phones access the web?
- by using a microbrowser that displays web pages that use mostly text 9must be web- enabled)
- the process of computers recieving info is called what?
- downloading
- what is a URL?
- -unique address for a web page (a web server delivers the web page to ur computer)
- this is a built in connection to another related web page location? how can u recognize them?
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-link
-a)pointer changes to samll hand when u click on link
b)can be a text or image
c)usually underlined in different color - what is a sub-directory?
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-search tool with organized set of topics and subtopics
-lets you find info by clicking links rather than entering keywords - what is a search engine?
- program used to find web pages and websites by entering words or phrases called search text
- what is a hit?
- any web site name that is listed as a the result of a search
- what are the 9 types of websites?
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-portal
-business
-personal
-blogs
-educational
-entertainment
-advocacy
-news
-informational - what is a portal and a blog?
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-portal:offers variety of servics from one location
-uses updated journal format to reflect interests, opinions, and personalities of author/site visitors - what are the guidelines to evaluating the value of a web site?
- -audience,design, authority, content, currency,affiliation, objectivity
- what is multi media?
- application integrating text w/ other media elements
- what graghic formats are used on the web and what are thumbnails?
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-JPEG,BMB, PNG,GIF, TIFF
-smaller version of largic graghic(improves web page display time) - what is animation? what is streaming audio?
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-apperance of motion created by displaying a series of still images
-process of transferring audio in a continous and even flow (can listen to music as it downloads) - what is a virtaul reality (VR)? what are plug ins?
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-use of computers to stimulate real or imagined enviroments (appeares 3-D)
-programs that extend capability of browser - what is web publishing? e-commerce?
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-the development and maintenance of web pages
-business transaction that occurs over the internet (short for electronic commerce) - this is a unique name that consits of a username and domain name?
- email address
- what is a FTP?
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File Transfer Protocol
File Transfer Protocol
-internet standard that allows you to upload and download files w/ other computers on internet - a group of email addresses given a single name are known as what?
- mailing list
- what is a chat?
- real-time typed conversation that takes place on a computer
- this is a location on servers that permits users to discuss topics of interests?
- chat room
- a real time internet communications service that notifies you when one or more people are online and allows you to exchange messages or files...?
- instant messaging (IM)
- what is internet telephony? Netiquette?
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-enables users to speak to other users over the internet using their computer
-code of acceptable behaviors users should follow while on the internet - this is the leading manufacturer of Personal computers?
- dell computers (slogan: computers your way)
- in what year and by whom were Dell computers founded?
- founded by michael dell in 1984.
- who were the founders of Apple computers and in what year? where was the first Apple Computer created?
- Steven Jobs and Stephen Wozniack in 1976....in their basement
- what was the first mass marketed personal computer?
- Apple II
- Apple introduced the Machintosh product line in what year and what feature did it include? what other technology did they launch?
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1984...featured a graghical user interface
-introduced the iMac, the iBook, iPod, Mac G5 - who is Bill Gates?
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-founder and chief of Microsoft Corporation
-learned to program computers at 13
-founded microsoft in 1975 w/ paul allen
-provided first operating system, called MS-DOS for IBM PC - who is carly fiorina?
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she is technology's corporate leader
-Hewlett-Packard's former chairman and CEO (spent 20 yrs at AT&T and Lucent technologies) - this is said to be a popular search engine who's mission was to organize the world's information? who were its founders and in what year?
- google.....Sergey Brin and Larry Page launched google in 1998 in a friends garage
- this is said to be a popular web portal,who were its founders and in what year was it launched? it was the first what..?
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yahoo....created by jerry yang and david filo.
-started creating and organizing lists of their favorite web sites in 1994
-was the first navigational portal to web - who is tim berners- lee?
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creator of WWW
-credited with creating first web server, browser, and URL addresses - who is meg whitman?
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ebay president and CEO
-helped company become world's largest online marketplace - this is the digital imaging leader and one of the worlds largest application software corporations?
- adobe systems
- this is the largest software company in the world and "realized potential w/ business world"?
- microsoft
- who is Masayoshi Son?
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softbank president and CEO
-predicted microchip would change pple's lives
-founded softbank, which is Japan's software distributor and publisher and country's largest broadband ISP. - what is AMD? what is intel..created by who?
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Advanced Micro Devices
-type of processor (PC processor supplier)
*intell: processing company(chip maker that dominates computer market) created by gordon moore and robert noyce in 1968 - eho is jack kilby and gordon moore?
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jk: integrated circuit inventor (microchip)
GM:predicted that computer power would increase, while cost decresed, every two years. (number of transistors and resistors placed on computer chips would double every year)
-intel's cofounder - what is logitech and palm one?
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-personal interface products leader
-handheld computing devices manufacturer - who is Hideki Komiyama and Douglas Engelbart?
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-sony electronics president and CEO (color TV was start)
-creator of the mouse(1964 developed first prototype) - what is Hewlett-Packard and viewsonic?
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-printer manufacturer (started in one car garage in 1939)
-visual technology leader
pres & CEO: james chu..1987 - who is steve jobs and donna dubinsky?
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-apple computer and pixar cofounder
-palm one directorn(PDAs) - this is said to be the information storage supplier..? this is said to be the worlds largest flash memory card supplier?
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-Maxtor(leading manufacturer of hard disks and storage solutions)
-sandisk corporation - who is al shugart? mark dean?
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-storage expert
-IBM inventor