fundamentals of computing midterm

define Social media

• Content that users create and share online, such as photos, videos, music, links, blog posts, Tweets, wiki entries, podcasts, and status updates.

• A series of related instructions, organized for a common purpose, that tells the computer what tasks to perform and how to perform them. 

• Software that finds websites, webpages, images, videos, news, maps, and other information related to a specific topic.

• Programs that act without a user’s knowledge and deliberately alter the operations of computers and mobile devices.

define Encryption

• A computer that delivers requested web pages to your computer or mobile device.

• A computer dedicated to providing one or more services to other computers or devices on a network. Sometimes called a host computer.

• The process of converting data that is readable by humans into encoded characters to prevent unauthorized access.

•  the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.

define FERPA

• A business transaction that occurs over an electronic network such as the Internet. Short for electronic commerce.

• Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act

• Memory chips that can be read from and written to by the processor and other devices.

• Programs that act without a user’s knowledge and deliberately alter the operations of computers and mobile devices. 

define Cracker

• A computer dedicated to providing one or more services to other computers or devices on a network. Sometimes called a host computer.

• Small mobile computing consumer devices designed to be worn and that often communicate with a mobile device or printer.

• A network that connects computers and devices in a limited geographical area such as a home, school, or office building.

• Someone who accesses a computer or network illegally with the intent of destroying data, stealing information, or other malicious action.

define AI

• artificial intelligence

• Memory chips that store permanent data and instructions.

•  keyboard, mouse, microphone

• The main circuit board of the personal computer. Also called a system board.

true or false: the definition for software is: A series of related instructions, organized for a common purpose, that tells the computer what tasks to perform and how to perform them. 

• true

• false

define: wearable devices

• Small mobile computing consumer devices designed to be worn and that often communicate with a mobile device or printer. 

• A computer dedicated to providing one or more services to other computers or devices on a network. Sometimes called a host computer.

• A network that covers a large geographic area (such as a city, country, or the world) using a variety of wired and wireless transmission media.

• Programs that act without a user’s knowledge and deliberately alter the operations of computers and mobile devices. 

true or false: the definition for web server is Software that finds websites, webpages, images, videos, news, maps, and other information related to a specific topic.

• true

• false

Answer explanation

the definiton is: A computer that delivers requested web pages to your computer or mobile device.

Define search engine

• A network that connects computers and devices in a limited geographical area such as a home, school, or office building.

• Practices that involve reducing the electricity and environmental waste while using computers, mobile devices, and related technologies.

• Software that finds websites, webpages, images, videos, news, maps, and other information related to a specific topic.

• A written guideline that helps determine whether a specific action is ethical/unethical or allowed/not allowed.

define e-commerce

• A network that covers a large geographic area (such as a city, country, or the world) using a variety of wired and wireless transmission media.

• Programs that act without a user’s knowledge and deliberately alter the operations of computers and mobile devices. 

• A business transaction that occurs over an electronic network such as the Internet. Short for electronic commerce

• Memory chips that store permanent data and instructions.