Google IT

Question 1

The most prevalent encoding standard used today.

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UTF-8

Question 2

RGB or red, green, and blue model is the basic model of representing colors

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RGB model

Question 3

To take a relatively complex system and simplify it for our use

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Abstraction

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A series of steps that solves specific problems

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Algorithm

Question 5

The oldest character encoding standard used . It represents the English alphabet, digits, and punctuation marks

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ASCII

Question 6

A group of 8 bits

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Byte

Question 7

The communication that a computer uses, also known as base-2 numeral system

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Binary system

Question 8

A device that stores and processes data by performing calculations

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Computer

Question 9

Is used to assign our binary values to characters so that we as humans can read them

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Character encoding

Question 10

The overarching discipline that covers the practice of coding and hiding messages from third parties

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Cryptography

Question 11

In the decimal system, there are 10 possible numbers you can use ranging from zero to nine

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Decimal form- base 10 system

Question 12

The growing skills gap between people with and without digital literacy skills

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Digital divide

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The use of digital technology, like computers and the internet, to store and process data into useful information

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Information technology

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one of the largest an open source operating systems used heavily in business infrastructure and in the consumer space

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Linux OS

Question 15

Allow transistors to do more complex tasks, like deciding where to send electrical signals depending on logical conditions

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Logic gates

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This means the developers will let other developers share, modify, and distribute their software for free

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Open source

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Allows computing to go mobile

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PDA (Personal Digital Assistant)

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Punch cards

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A sequence of cards with holes in them to automatically perform calculations instead of manually entering them by hand

Question 19

Connects the CPU to the MCC and sends over the location of the data, but not the data itself

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Address bus

Question 20

The most common interface that hard drives use to connect to our system

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ATA

Question 21

The most common form factor for motherboards

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ATX (Advanced Technology eXtended)

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What does ATX stand for?

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Advanced Technology eXtended

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It means older hardware works with newer hardware

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Backward compatible

Question 24

Software that helps initialize the hardware in our computer and gets our operating system up and running

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Bios (Basic Input Output Services)

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What does Bios stand for?

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Basic Input Output Services

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Refers to the practice of allowing people to use their own personal devices for work

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BYOD (Bring Your Own Device)

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What does stand BYOD stand for?

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Bring your own device

Question 28

The assigned stored location for recently or frequently accessed data; on a mobile app it is where anything that was changed or created with that app is stored

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Cache

Question 29

One full charge and discharge of a battery

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Charge cycle

Question 30

It decides how components talk to each other on our machine

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Chipset

Question 31

When you send a voltage to the clock wire

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Clock cycle

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The maximum number of clock cycles that it can handle in a set in a certain time period

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Clock speed

Question 33

When you send or receive data, it sends a voltage to this to let the CPU know it can start doing calculations

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Clock wire

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Central processing unit

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CPU

Question 35

A series of pins that connect a CPU’s processor to the PC’s motherboard

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CPU sockets