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| is the science revolving around building devices on an extremely small scale. |
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| is a special device that is installed in your computer and allows it to communicate with other devices on the network. |
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| is a type of wireless communication that transmits data through radio waves. |
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| is the nerve center of any digital home, allowing you to interface with the different digital devices connected to the network. |
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| When a job is sent to other countries, as many programming jobs have been, it is said to have been ____________________ |
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| The ability to recover and read deleted or damaged files from a criminal's computer is an example of a law enforcement specialty called - ___________________ |
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| allows you to transfer media from your computer to other media devices (such as a plasma TV). |
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| By studying the data produced by ____________ scientists hope to improve the prediction of weather phenomena. |
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| Many online courses are designed to use management software like _______________ so that students can communicate outside of class, take quizzes online, and find their class materials easily. |
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________ tags, when placed on an animal, can be used to record and track in a database all of the animal's movements.
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| ________ binary digits (or bits) combine to create one byte. |
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| A _____________ is approximately 1 billion bytes. |
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| The graphical user interface was developed by _________. |
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| __________ is data that has been organized or presented in a meaningful fashion. |
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| _________ software is the set of programs that enables the computer's hardware devices and application software to work together. |
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| Devices such as monitors and printers that are connected to the computer are called _________________________ |
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| The hard disk drive is a __________________ storage device, meaning that it stores data permanently. |
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| Many people believe Grace Hopper's greatest contribution to computing was __________________________ |
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| A NETWORK INTERFACE CARD (NIC) |
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_______________ enables your computer to connect to other computers or to the Internet. |
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The_________________________ contains the central electronic components of the computer.
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| A Web site that allows anyone to add or edit content is called a _________ |
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| What protocol allows files to be transferred from a Web server so that you can view them on your computer using a browser? |
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| THE MAIN PATHWAY OF HIGH-SPEED COMMUNICATIONS LINE THROUGH WHICH ALL INTERNET TRAFFIC FLOWS. |
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| The Internet backbone refers to_______________________________ |
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| Adobe Reader, Flash Player, and QuickTime Player are all examples of special software programs called _______________ |
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| A set of programs that searches the Web to find information is called a _______________________________ |
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| UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR (URL). |
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| The text version of a Web site's Internet address is called the |
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| If you wanted to keep a written online journal, you would use _________ |
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| E-commerce that involves businesses buying and selling goods and services to other businesses is called____________. |
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| THE BROADCAST OF AUDIO OR VIDEO CONTENT OVER THE INTERNET. |
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| A LARGE NETWORK OF NETWORKS. |
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| ENCODING CDS TO MP3 FORMAT |
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| CD ripping refers to ___________________. |
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| Software refers to a set of instructions that tells the computer what to do. These instruction sets are called |
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| SPEECH RECOGNITION HARDWARE |
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| Which type of software lets you dictate letters, e-mails, and voice commands? |
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| Software that lets you do tasks at home, school, and work is called |
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| TO LOCATE RESTAURANTS, AIRPORTS AND POINTS OF INTEREST. |
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| GPS software allows users |
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| In a spreadsheet, the columns and rows form individual boxes called |
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| PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE. |
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| Which type of software helps managers with tasks such as scheduling charts? |
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| Software that is distributed for free, but often with the condition that you pay for it if you like and intend to use it, is called |
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| Which type of software is used at colleges to keep track of student records? |
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| In a spreadsheet, equations you build yourself using values and cell references are called |
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| The________ of the operating system allows the user to communicate with the computer system. |
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| C:\Documents\Spring 2012\CIS 101\Term Paper\Computer Technology is an example of a_________ |
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| If Microsoft Word 2010 is used to create a file, which file extension is added automatically? ________________ |
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| Each device attached to your computer comes with a special program called a ________________ that facilitates communication between the device and the OS. |
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| The ______________ is responsible for managing the processor and all other components of the computer system, and is an essential part of the operating system. |
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| The basic input/output system is stored on a ______chip. |
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| The ________________ manages the flow of data and information through the computer system by coordinating the hardware, software, user interface, processor, and system memory. |
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YOU CAN RESTORE FILES THAT HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE RECYCLING BIN. |
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| Which of the following statements concerning the Windows Recycle Bin is TRUE? |
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| The OS allows you to organize the contents of your computer in a hierarchical structure of ______________________ |
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| The process of replacing repeated patterns of letters in a file with a shorter ___________________ |
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| THE PACE AT WHICH CPUS IMPROVE. |
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| Moore's Law is a rule that predicts |
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| MAKE THE HARDDRIVE WORK MORE EFFICIENTLY. |
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| Running the Disk Defragmenter utility will |
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| On a Windows system, you can determine the amount of RAM by looking in the ______________________ window. |
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| provides high-speed information processing by enabling a new set of instructions to start before the previous set has been finished. |
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| CPU speed, also called clock speed, is measured in |
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| The CPU is connected to the system memory by the |
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| The small circuit boards that hold a series of RAM chips are called |
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| A video card is an expansion card installed inside your |
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| THE CONTROL UNIT AND ARITHMETIC LOGIC UNIT. |
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| CPU consists of which two parts? |
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| When referring to hard drives access time measured in |
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| Which transmission medium is able to transmit data the fastest? |
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| A ______ keeps track of data packets and, in conjunction with network interface cards, helps the data packets find their destination without running into each other on an Ethernet network. |
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| NETWORK OPERATING SYSTEM (NOS) |
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| Client/server networks are controlled by a central server that runs a specialized piece of software called _______________________ |
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| A network that has 10 or more nodes is usually configured as a _______________________ |
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| A wireless network uses which of the following as its transmission medium? |
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| The unique number assigned to a network adapter by the manufacturer is referred to as the ________ address. |
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| One way to increase security on a network is by installing a ______ |
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| Sophisticated networks generally use which of the following hardware devices to ease the flow of data packets throughout the network? |
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| The______________is the maximum speed at which data can be transmitted between two nodes on a network. |
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| A computer network is defined as two or more computers connected with _______________________ so that they can communicate with each other. |
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