Concepts Study Guide--Chapters 1-4

What is computer literacy?

What is information technology?

What is nanotechnology?

What is affective computing?

What is the digital divide?

What is a graphical user interface?

What is a computer?

What is the difference between data and information?

What is binary language?

What is a bit?  byte?  kilobyte?  megabyte?  gigabyte?  terabyte?

What is hardware?

What is software?

What is application software?

What is system software?

What is the operating system?

What are peripheral devices?

What are the common input devices?

What are the common output devices?

What is the difference between a warm and cold boot?

What is nonvolatile storage?

What are the different types of external drives and what are their capabilities?

What is the purpose of a port?  What are the different types of ports your computer might have?

What is the motherboard?

What is the CPU?

What is RAM?

What is ROM?

What are the different classifications of computers?

What is ergonomics?

What is the Internet?  Who invented the Internet?  Who owns the Internet?

What is the World-Wide Web?  How is it differenet from the Internet?

What is instant messaging?  podcasts?  RSS feeds? webcasts? blogs?  wikis?

What is VoIP?

What is streaming video?  streaming audio?

What is e-commerce?

What is SPAM?    How do you prevent it?  What will spam do to your computer?

What are cookies?

What is malware?  adware?  spyware?

What is phishing?

What is a web browser?  What are the most common web browsers?

What is a URL?  Why does the WWW require a protocol?

What is a domain name?

How does a search engine work?

What is the Internet backbone?

What are the different kinds of connections to the Internet?

What is Internet 2?

What is the purpose of word processing software?

What is the purpose of spreadsheet software?

What is the purpose of database software?

What is PIM software?

What is integrated software?  Software suites?

What is multimedia software?  What are its uses?

What kind of software would large businesses use?

What is a software license?

What is freeware?  shareware?