jeopardy computer technology vocabulary 2 template by carl lyman © september 2001
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JeopardyComputer Technology
Vocabulary 2
Template By Carl Lyman© September 2001
JeopardyOperatin
g Systems
1
Operating
Systems 2
Viruses
Networking /
Internet
Disk Information
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200 200 200 200 200
300 300 300 300 300
400 400 400 400 400
500 500 500 500 500
Credits
That’s all folks.
Exit
Operating Systems 1 $100
A system of programs that perform a variety of technical operations, providing an additional layer of insulation between the user and the bits-and-bytes world of computer hardware.
Operating Systems 1 $100
Operating system software
Operating Systems 1 $200
Concurrent processing for personal computers. The user can issue a command that initiates a process and continue working with other applications white the computer follows through on the command.
Operating Systems 1 $200
Multitasking
Operating Systems 1 $300
A user interface based on graphical displays. With a mouse, the user points to icons that represent files, folders, and disks. Documents are displayed in windows. The user selects commands from menus.
Operating Systems 1 $300
GUI (Graphical User Interface)
Operating Systems 1 $400
Software tool that allows a computer to be used for specific purposes.
Operating Systems 1 $400
Application software or program
Operating Systems 1 $500
A unit of measurement for a computer’s clock speed; millions of clock cycles per second.
Operating Systems 1 $500
MHz (megahertz)
Operating Systems 2 $100
The combination of hardware and operating system software upon which application software is built.
Operating Systems 2 $100
Platform
Operating Systems 2 $200
In a graphical user interface, a picture that represents a file, folder, or disk.
Operating Systems 2 $200
Icons
Operating Systems 2 $300
An on-screen list of command choices
Operating Systems 2 $300
Menus
Operating Systems 2 $400
A container for files and other folders; also called a directory.
Operating Systems 2 $400
Folder
Operating Systems 2 $500
Memory that stores program instructions and data temporarily.
Operating Systems 2 $500
RAM (Read Access Memory)
Viruses $100
Software that spreads from program to program or from disk to disk, and uses each infected program or disk to make more copies to itself. A form of software sabotage.
Viruses $100
Virus
Viruses $200
A virus that is transmitted through macros embedded in documents and usually spread via e-mail.
Viruses $200
Macro virus
Viruses $300
A program that performs a useful task while at the same time carrying out some secret destructive act. A form of software sabotage.
Viruses $300
Trojan Horse
Viruses $400
Programs that use computer hosts to reproduce themselves. These programs travel independently over computer networks, seeking out uninfected workstations to occupy. A form of software sabotage.
Viruses $400
Worm
Viruses $500
A program designed to attack in response to a particular event or sequence of events. A type of software sabotage.
Viruses $500
Logic bomb
Networking / Internet $100
A way to send formatted word processor documents, pictures, and other multimedia files via email.
Networking / Internet $100
Attachments
Networking / Internet $200
In a LAN, a computer used as a storehouse for software and data that are shared by several users.
Networking / Internet $200
File server
Networking / Internet $300
A network in which the computers are close to each other, usually in the same building. Typically includes a collection of computers and peripherals; each computer and shared peripheral is an individual node on the network.
Networking / Internet $300
LAN Intranetwork
Networking / Internet $400
A network that extends over a long distance. Each network site is a node on the network. The Internet is an example
Networking / Internet $400
WAN Internetwork
Networking / Internet $500
An Internet address; a string of four numbers separated by periods, included with every packet of information that traverses the Internet.
Networking / Internet $500
IP address
Disk Information $100
Beams that read and write bits of information on the disk surface of CD’s
Disk Information $100
Laser
Disk Information $200
A means of making sure no more information can be added or deleted from a diskette
Disk Information $200
Write-protected
Disk Information $300
Lines and sectors on a medium of storage so that information can be written upon it.
Disk Information $300
Formatted
Disk Information $400
A thicker version of a standard diskette. Can hold up to 250 MB
Disk Information $400
Zip disk
Disk Information $500
Memory that includes permanent information only. The computer can only read information from it; it can never write any new information on it.
Disk Information $500
ROM (Read Only Memory)
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