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1. Describe the 4 components all computers have in common.
2. What is a dingbat?
3. What is a handshake?
4. What is a home
page?
5. What handles can you not hold in your hand?
6. What was ENIAC?
7. How was a team of women vital to the success of ENIAC?
8. What kind of wafers are used at Intel to make computer chips? Be specific!
9. What do they call the suit that cleanroom technicians must wear while making computer chips?
Why is the special clothing necessary?
10. What does modem stand for anyway? (Search the Webopedia site)
What does a modem do?
11. I think the person who coined these computer terms
must have been hungry.
What is a bit?
How
many bits are in a byte?
Use the database Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing to learn ...
How
many nibbles are in a byte?
12. The ARPANET 's development began in 1966. It was an
experiment to connect universities so
they could share information. What
do we call this network of computers today?
13. In what year was the first
World-Wide Web software created by Tim Berners-Lee?
14. Project Gutenberg puts on the Internet public domain
literature and information.
What was the first
document posted?
15. When were floppy
disks introduced?
Do you use floppy disks today?
16. How many megabytes of data can a factory made audio CD hold?
Which can hold more information - a CD, a DVD, a USB thumb drive, a portable media player?
17. Douglas Engelbart was a computer visionary of the
1960's.
What
did he invent that you find handy?
18.
What
do the letters CD-ROM stand for?
19. Name three
computer peripherals.
20. What does GUI (pronounced "goo-ey") mean?
21 What is an advantage of the Dvorak
keyboard?
22. What is a computer virus?
23. How did Marcian
Hoff's invention change computers? Look him up using Inventor Search.
Do all computers include one of his inventions?
24. Apple Computer's G4 is a supercomputer because its
operations can be measured in gigaflops.
What
is a gigaflop?
25. Name a mammal,
other than humans, uses a computer. (Use your online research skills to find Project Delphis)
"If we all did the things we are capable
of doing, we would literally astound ourselves." ~ Thomas A. Edison
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