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Jeopardy. K201 – The Computer In Business Exam Review 2 Manjit Trehan. These are three Character Encoding Schemes. What are ASCII, EBCDIC, and Unicode?. This number representation system uses only two digits. What is Binary System?.
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Jeopardy K201 – The Computer In Business Exam Review 2 Manjit Trehan
These are three Character Encoding Schemes. • What are ASCII, EBCDIC, and Unicode?
This number representation system uses only two digits. • What is Binary System?
This part of the CPU performs operations like ADD, MULTIPLY, COMPARE. • What is ALU (Arithmetic-Logic Unit)?
Memory used to improve processing by acting as a temporary high-speed holding area. • What is Cache?
This processor is designed to handle the requirements related to 3-D images. • What is a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) or a Graphics Coprocessor?
These link the CPU to various other components on the system board. • What are bus lines?
This is the most frequently used output device. • What is a monitor?
Property that indicates the number of pixel columns and the number of pixel rows that a display device has. • What is resolution?
This is the distance between pixels on a display device. • What is dot pitch?
This type of a monitor activates each pixel independently without scanning down the screen. • What is an Active-matrix monitor?
Printer resolution is not measured in total number of dots on a page, instead we use this to measure this capability. • What is DPI (Dots Per Inch)?
This type of a device combines the capabilities of a scanner, printer, fax, and copy machine. • What is a Multifunctional device (MFD)?
This is what happens when the read/write head of a hard-disk makes contact with the disk’s surface. • What is a head-crash?
An enhancement that improves hard-disk performance by anticipating data needs. • What is Disk caching?
Storage devices that have no moving parts and function somewhat like memory are known as this. • What is Solid-state storage?
In optical storage, a laser beam detects these flat and bumpy areas on the storage medium. • What are lands and pits?
This type of CDs can be erased and reused multiple times. • What are CD-RWs?
These are virtual storage devices on the Web . • What are Internet Hard Drives?
These cables consist of pairs of copper wires that are twisted together. • What are Twisted-pair cables?
The process of converting from digital to analog signal used by a modem. • What is Modulation?
A measurement of the width or capacity of a communication channel. • What is Bandwidth?
Also known as low bandwidth, it is used for standard telephone communication. • What is Voiceband?
For years, these special high speed lines have been leased by large corporations for all digital communications. • What are T1 and T3?
This is the standard protocol for the Internet. • What is TCP/IP?
These are standards of moral conduct. • What are Ethics?
Files deposited on your hard disk from websites for monitoring web activities. • What are Cookies?
Malicious programs that attach themselves to various programs and databases. • What are Viruses?
A malicious program that does not attach itself to programs, but instead fills a computer system with self-replicating information. • What is a Worm?
This attempts to trick Internet users into thinking that a fake but official looking site is legitimate. • What is Phishing?
Using devices such as fingerprint and iris scanners for verifying a user’s identity. • What is Biometric scanning?
A collection of attributes such as name, and address that describe an entity. • What is a Record
A field that uniquely identifies records in a database table. • What is the Primary Key?
Programming language used for maintaining and analyzing data. • What is Structured Query Language (SQL)?
This type of a database uses tables to store data with some common information among tables. • What is Relational Database?
Searching data warehouses to look for related information and patterns. • What is Data mining?
This type of database stores information in several locations to make it accessible through the network. • What is a Distributed database?