Tech Term Jeopardy

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A standard character-to-number encoding widely
used in the computer industry.
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What is ASCII?
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A numbering system with only two values 0 (zero)
and 1 (one).
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What is BINARY?
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The brains of a computer.
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What is a CPU? (Central Processing Unit)
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To retrieve a file from another computer using a
modem.
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What is Download?
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A way of coding information in a file or e-mail
message so that if it is intercepted by a third
party as it travels over a network it cannot be
read.
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What is Encryption?
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To initialize a disk to prepare it for use.
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What is Format?
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The graphical visual representation of the
working environment that presents the elements on
a computer desktop as objects.
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What is GUI? (Graphical User Interface)
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The main computer system to which users are
connected.
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What is a Host?
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The way a computer interacts with a user or a
peripheral.
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What is a Interface?
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A graphic file format that has a sophisticated
technique for compressing full-color bit mapped
graphics, such as photographs.
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What is a JPEG?
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The account name used to access a computer system.
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What is a Login?
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A device which converts digital signals into
analog signals (and back) for transmission over
telephone lines (modulator and demodulator).
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What is a Modem?
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A flat circuit board that holds the computer
circuitry.
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What is a Motherboard?
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A computer that is attached to a network.
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What is a Node?
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Software that supervises and controls tasks on a
computer.
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What is an Operating System?
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Tiny dots that make up a computer image.
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What is a Pixel?
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An agreed-upon format for transmitting data
between two devices.
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What is a Protocol?
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A file format for text files that includes
formatting instructions.
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What is RTF? (Rich Text Format)
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A computer that shares its resources, such as
printers and files, with other computers on the
network.
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What is a Server?
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The horizontal bar at the top of a window.
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What is a Title Bar?
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Send a file to another computer using a modem.
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What is a Upload?
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An image created based on mathematical formulas
rather than by an array of dots.
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What is a Vector Graphic?
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A destructive type of computer program that
attempts to disrupt the normal operation of a
computer.
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What is a Virus?
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A graphical pattern displayed on the desktop.
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What is Wallpaper?
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A character (usually or ?) that can stand for
one or more unknown characters during a search.
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What is a Wildcard?