Who built the world's first binary digit computer: Z1...?
Konrad Zuse
Ken Thompson
Alan Turing
George Boole
Who developed Yahoo?
Dennis Ritchie & Ken Thompson
David Filo & Jerry Yang
Vint Cerf & Robert Kahn
Steve Case & Jeff Bezos
'DB' computer abbreviation usually means ?
Database
Double Byte
Data Block
Driver Boot
'OS' computer abbreviation usually means ?
Order of Significance
Open Software
Operating System
Optical Sensor
'DTP' computer abbreviation usually means ?
Digital Transmission Protocol
DeskTop Publishing
Data Type Programming
Document Type Processing
'CD' computer abbreviation usually means ?
Command Description
Change Data
Copy Density
Compact Disc
What is the term to ask the computer to put information in order numerically or alphabetically?
Crop
Report
Record
Sort
What do we call a network whose elements may be separated by some distance? It usually involves two or more small networks and dedicated high-speed telephone lines.
URL (Universal Resource Locator)
LAN (Local Area Network)
WAN (Wide Area Network)
World Wide Web
What do we call a collection of two or more computers that are located within a limited distance of each other and that are connected to each other directly or indirectly?
Inernet
Interanet
Local Area Network
Wide Area Network
What is part of a database that holds only one type of information?
Report
Field
Record
File
The window which shows icons for things like the mouse, sound, and display is...?
My Computer
Explorer
Control Panel
Taskbar
On the Task bar the time is shown in the...?
Start menu
Scrollbar
Desktop
Notification area or Tray
Experts say the healthiest way to view a computer monitor is by...
Placing it 18 to 30 inches away from your eyes
Viewing from a darkened room
Adjusting the screen for maximum contrast
Using special glasses that filter out UV rays
A dual-layer DVD is valued because it:
Can hold more data
Contains a backup of the data stored
Uses a second layer to offer a speed increase
Creates alternative sound tracks
JPG is...
A Jumper Programmed Graphic
A format for an image file
A type of hard disk
A unit of measure for memory
Windows Vista, the eventual replacement for Windows XP, will demand more from a computer. Which of the following statements is correct?
You'll need at least 512 megabytes of RAM
A separate graphics card, rather than onboard graphics, will be required
A DVD drive is needed
All the above
Your computer has gradually slowed down. What's the most likely cause?
Overheating
Your processor chip is just getting old
Adware/spyware is infecting your PC
You dropped a sandwich in your computer
The letters, "DOS" stand for...
Data Out System
Disk Out System
Disk Operating System
Data Operating System
Changing computer language of 1's and 0's to characters that a person can understand is...
Highlight
Clip art
Decode
Execute
Hardware devices that are not part of the main computer system and are often added later to the system.
Peripheral
Clip art
Highlight
Execute