1. Major Quiz 3 Review
This is the final posting – but check all other class content since the Mid Term to be on this test

2. To no longer have to program using machine language, who invented the first computer language?
Grace Hopper

3. As part of the process of getting personal computers into the home, IBM used an ______ approach, taking components off the shelf and assembling them into a PC, rather than building one from scratch.
Open architecture

4. The key to “cloud computing” is
Storage and processing on remote servers

5. What does the text say, among the options available, is the fastest broadband service to the home? 
Fiber optics

6. FTTH means ---, FTTN means ------
Fiber to the Home; Fiber to the Node

7. Numbers unique to a computer connected to the Internet, like 129. 1. 2
Numbers unique to a computer connected to the Internet, like , is called the computer's ---- address.
IP / Internet Protocol

8. Ralph H. Baer, who developed the first home video-game system, died 12/6/14 at the age of 92. We heard this semester of his 1972 patented design that was licensed as the -----, the first home video game system.
Magnavox Odyssey

9. The ability for the various early computer networks to 'talk' to each other was solved by the protocol (and 'was a key innovation in the development of the ARPANET’).
TCP/IP

10. Started by former disgruntled Atari engineers, ----- was the first independent video game publisher.
Activision

11. In the URL http://faculty. tamuc. edu/tdemars/RTV151
In the URL what is the TLD?
‘top level domain’ – it’s the .edu as would be .com, .gov etc.

12. In the URL http://faculty. tamuc. edu/tdemars/RTV151
In the URL what is the web server?
Faculty (the item preceding the domain name)

13. In the URL http://faculty. tamuc. edu/tdemars/RTV151
In the URL what is the folder that exists on the web server?
tdemars (the item immediately following the TLD)

14. The Internet system of URLs and Internet addresses is managed by:
ICANN

15. The is a term that refers to the 'haves' and the 'have-nots', or those who have certain new computer technologies and those who do not.
Digital divide

16. The next several are from Chapter 11 (until you see a slide marking the start of Chapter 13): By 2018, a ______ may be the only computer for many users.
smartphone

17. The device created by _________ for the 1890 census was the first practical use of a “computer.”
See Chap. 11

18. The first general-purpose computers emerged at the end of World War II in the form of the 30-ton______, the “electronic numerical integrator and computer” that could count to 50 in a second.
See Chap. 11

19. GUI stands for ______; the company that created the first PC-based GUI; the company that brought the first PC-based GUI to PCs for sale to the public.
See Chap. 11 and videos

20. The most important piece of hardware on a computer is the
See Chap. 11

21. The miniaturization of computers began in earnest after December 1947, when scientists perfected the first ___; Nearly a decade later, in September 1958, Texas Instruments engineers built the first ____
See chap. 11

22. SSD stands for _____; these use ____ memory, just like a ‘thumb drive’
Solid state drive; flash

23. ______ connects your computer to remote storage on the Internet, but the storage is available only when a computer is online.
See Chap. 11

24. The ---- of a computer controls a computer’s “look-and-feel,” stores and finds files, takes input data and formats output data, and interacts with RAM, the CPU, peripherals, and networks.
See Chap. 11

25. Regardless of PC manufacturer, ______ remains the leader in computer chip sales, making chips used in 80% of PCs.
See Chap. 11

26. ______ is the new name of a well-known company, now as a conglomerate with subsidiaries that include its software business, its Nest line of networked home devices, venture capital, and fiber optic cable operations in a growing number of cities.
See Chap. 11

27. ALSO – go to the questions listed on then course outline
ALSO – go to the questions listed on then course outline. Looking up answers? They’re mostly in order of the book chapter.
Chap. 12 next

28. The _____ refers to the developing connection of objects and devices through computer-based networks.
See Chap. 12

29. In order to have an IP address for every object on the Internet, we made a shift from the shift from IPv4 addresses (32-bit numbering system) to _____.
See Chap. 12

30. Of the two types of connections devices in the IoT can have, a _____ connection uses RFID tags tags—essentially “smart” chips that contain a small amount of information identifying the object.
See Chap. 12

31. RFID stands for _______.
See Chap. 12

32. PAN stands for ____, MAN for ____, LAN for _____, WAN for _____
Chap. 12 and notes

33. Chapter 12 says another development for IoT is a special set of operating systems designed specifically for IoT devices, with an example being ____OS architecture, that has complete memory protection for applications as well as OS components, including device drivers and core system files.
See Chap. 12

34. The biggest obstacle to implementing IoT technology in many of these systems is ______
See Chap. 12

35. _________ is the man credited with developing the World Wide Web.
Timothy Berners-Lee

36. DSL stands for _______ .. Is DSL a: (a) phone company technology, (b) cable company technology, c) satellite delivered technology, (d) BPL technology or (e) all of these?
Digital subscriber line / see Chapter 19

37. At the beginning of the current decade there was more than one ______ of digital information in the world.
zettabyte

38. As noted in Big Data chapter—kilobyte (thousands), megabyte (millions), gigabyte (billions), terabyte (trillions), petabyte (quadrillions), exabyte: (Quintillions of bytes); Zettabyte (Sextillions of bytes), Yottabyte: Septillions of bytes.
You should know kilo up to peta…

39. At the time of the writing of this chapter, FCC defined broadband as connectivity with speeds greater than or equal to ___ Mbps download and __ Mbps upload. Mbps stands for __
25 Mbps / 3 Mbps /
see Chap. 19

40. VOIP _____, IPTV ______. FTTN _____ FTTP _____
See Chap. 19

41. ___ is the cable company Internet technology, using a standard called “data over cable service interface specifications”
DOCSIS

42. Chapter 19 next…
See Chap. 19

43. What does the chapter say, among the options available, is the fastest broadband service to the home?
See Chap. 19

44. What does the chapter say, among the options available, is the most popular technology for home networking? 
See Chap. 19

45. Chapter 19 next
See Chap. 19

46. Again note…these are some of the items that could be on the quiz, that covers: computers, the Internet, IoT, Video Games – all the ‘new tech’ based things covered since the Mid Term
Be sure to also use the Word document that highlights some of the major items per chapter