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1 Quiz Show Technology Terms
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2 Vocabulary Quiz Board AcronymsHardwareSoftwareAnythingPeople $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $600 $600$600
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3 Acronyms - $100 PC Link Link
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4 Acronyms - $200 GUI Link Link
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5 Acronyms – 3 KB Link Link
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6 Acronyms - 4 WYSIWYG Link Link
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7 Acronyms - 5 LAN Link Link
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8 Acronyms $100 The Acronym for Personal Computer
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9 Acronyms $200 The Acronym for Graphical User Interface When users could point and click at graphical items rather than typing out all the commands. For example, –Copy a:/english/essay1.doc to c:/my documents/english/essa1.doc
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10 Acronyms $300 The Acronym Kilobytes – Approximately - 1000 bytes of Data 1 KB stores about a one page single spaced text.
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11 Acronyms $400 The Acronym for the phrase “What You See is What You Get” What you see on your screen is what prints on the printer
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12 Acronyms $500 Local Area Network Used to link computers and printers throughout an organization such as a school or business that are located on the same premises.
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13 Hardware for $100 What is the component that stores data permanently Link Link
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14 Hardware Answer $100 Hard drive also known as the C: Drive
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15 Hardware for $200 What is the most important component that determines the speed of the computer Link Link
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16 Hardware Answer $200 CPU also known as Central Processing Unit Processor Microprocessor The Brain of the computer
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17 Hardware for $300 The Processor of the computer provides a.Brain power b.Performs calculations c.Executes commands d.Provides temporary storage e.A, b, c f.B, c, d – Link Note there will not be this many choices on final Link
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18 Hardware Answer for $300 – e CPU is described all these ways - brainpower, calculations, and commands
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19 Hardware $400 What is the third most important component for the overall speed and performance of the computer and what does it do? Link Note this is not on the final Link
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20 Hardware Answer for $400 BUS – it is the communication pathway for data to flow to and from all components of the computer.
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21 Hardware for $500 What unit of measure determines the speed of the CPU and RAM and what is the definition? Link Link
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22 Hardware Answer for $500 Hertz One single oscillation of an electromagnetic wave. Bonus Question Bonus Question Bonus Question
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23 Software for $100 What type of software is your Windows XP considered –Operating System –Application –Data Link Link
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24 Software Answer for $100 Operating System Example – Windows XP, Linux, Mac OS X Tiger
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25 Software for $200 Data files are software and each file that is saved has a __________ at the end of the name – Please give one example. Link Link
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26 Software Answer for $200 Extension – that identifies the type of file it is Examples RTF – Rich Text Format Doc – Word Document WPS – Works XLS – Excel spreadsheet PPT – PowerPoint
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27 Software for $300 Given this pathname identify the primary folder – A:\FallSem2004\English\Essay1.doc Link Link
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28 Software Answer for $300 FallSem2004
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29 Software for $400 Software is/are a.The logical part of the computer b.The invisible part of the computer c.Things such as peripheral devices d.Files and applications e.A and b f.A b and d g.A c and d h.None of the above – Link Note there will not be this many choices on the final. Link
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30 Software Answer for $400 – F. logical, invisible, files, applications
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31 Software for $500 What is a Killer Application? a.A piece of software that corrupts your computer so nothing works b.A computer that is a lemon and you have to return on a warranty c.A program application so awesome that you have to buy a computer to run it. d.A new type of virus that your anti-virus software does not know how to fix. Link
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32 Software Answer for $500 A program application so awesome that you have to buy a computer to run it Bonus – What was the first killer application and what computer company benefited. For $200 $200
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33 Software Bonus Answer $200 Visicalc – the electronic spreadsheet used on the Apple II Computer. For final remember that it is the spreadsheet
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34 Anything for $100 A single spaced 1 page report takes up about ____ storage space. Link Link
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35 Anything Answer for $100 1 Kilobyte Bonus for $100 3000 average length novels take up about _____ storage space Link Link
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36 Anything Bonus Answer for $100 1 Gigabyte (GB) Quadruple bonus $400 – how many bytes is a gigabyte? Answer Answer
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37 Anything for $200 The speed of the processor and RAM is measured by what unit. Link Link
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38 Anything Answer for $200 Hertz – electronic magnetic waves
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39 Anything for $300 The science that designs products to increase people’s productivity and to reduce physical fatigue is called??? Link Link
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40 Anything Answer for $300 Ergonomics
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41 Anything for $400 The subfolder for the pathname A:/Homework/essay1.doc is? Link Link
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42 Anything Answer for $400 There is none only a primary folder - homework A:/Homework/essay1.doc is? Try again The subfolder for C:/fall2006/homework/essay1.doc Link Link
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43 Anything Try Again for $300 Homework is the subfolder and the primary folder is fall2006 C:/fall2006/homework/essay1.doc
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44 Anything for $500 What type of computer would you want to purchase to track and do simulations of hurricanes? Link Link
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45 Anything Answer for $500 A supercomputer
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Anything for $600 Where is Silicon Valley a.Boston Massachusetts b.Atlanta Georgia c.San Jose/San Francisco area d.Los Angeles e.None of the above Link 46
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Anything Answer for $600 C. San Jose/San Francisco area It is the Technology Capital so to speak or our country. Other areas are important but this area is significant. 47
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48 Hardware – Bonus Question - $600 What component determines the number of applications that can be running at the same time. Link Link
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49 Hardware – Bonus Answer - $600 RAM – the larger the Random Access Memory the more applications (Internet, Word, PowerPoint) can be running at the same time. RAM is also commonly referred to as just memory IT is Temporary.
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50 Gigabyte – Answer for $400 1 billion bytes About 3000 average length novels or 1500 large color pictures.
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People for $100 Who invented the first major selling personal computer – Apple II? a.Bill Gates and Paul Allen b.Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniac c.Tim-Berners Lee d.Grace Hopper e.President Eisenhower Link Link 51
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Answer for People for $100 B. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak 52
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People for $200 Who invented the first popular applications for the personal computers and eventually had the rights to the most popular operating system? a.Bill Gates and Paul Allen b.Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniac c.Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn d.Grace Hopper e.President Eisenhower LINK 53
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Answer for People $200 a. Bill Gates & Paul Allen of Microsoft 54
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People for $300 Who is/are the fathers of the Internet and won the Medal of Freedom Award from the President for spreading democracy with the development of the Internet? a.Bill Gates and Paul Allen b.Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniac c.Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn d.Grace Hopper e.President Eisenhower Link 55
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Answer for People for $300 c. Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn 56
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People for $400 Who wrote the first computer language (COBOL) that had English- like commands such as move, add, subtract? a.Bill Gates and Paul Allen b.Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniac c.Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn d.Grace Hopper e.President Eisenhower LINK LINK 57
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Answer for People for $400 D. Grace Hopper 58
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People for $500 Who invented the World Wide Web by creating HTML, the language of web pages, and URL names so that each web page could have its own unique address. a.Bill Gates and Paul Allen b.Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniac c.Tim-Berners Lee d.Grace Hopper e.President Eisenhower LINK LINK 59
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Answer for People for $500 C. Tim Berners Lee 60
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People for $600 Who was instrumental in starting the Advanced Research Projects Agency - ARPA that poured money into scientific research in technology. a.Bill Gates and Paul Allen b.Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniac c.Tim-Berners Lee d.Grace Hopper e.President Eisenhower - LINK LINK 61
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Answer People for $600 E - President Eisenhower 62
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Acronyms for $600 What does MB stand for? Link 63
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Acronyms for $600 Answer Megabytes – is equal to about 1 million bytes of data 1 megabyte can store about 3 average length novels Bonus Acronym 64
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Bonus Acronym What does GB stand for Link 65
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Bonus Acronym Answer GB stands for Gigabyte – is equal to about 1 billion bytes of data 1 GB can store about 3000 average length novels. FYI – TB is for Terabytes – 1 trillion bytes of data. 66
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