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Review
Everything you need to know
for the 1st Quarter Test
• This unit represents 1000 MB.
• This counting system is what you call
traditional, and you’ve been using it your
whole life.
• This piece of data on a hard drive tells the
BIOS how to load the Operating System. It’s
also the nickname of Orlando Bloom’s
character’s father in Pirates of the Caribbean.
• The device that knows which computer is
which and assigns IP addresses to each to tell
them apart. Also the name of a woodshop
tool that hollows out an area.
• These two devices are the most common
when it comes to introducing data to a
computer. They are only a click or a tap away
from you.
• This is an operating system that “really” can’t
be tampered with – it’s designed to do its job
without interference. Like a Roomba!
• This is the system which gives numerical
names to computers in a network – it’s not to
be confused with a potty-training system for
toddlers.
• This part of your computer holds on to
temporary program data, without clinging to
the edges of cliffs and bleating.
• This is the fancy name for a folder. It’s also a
list of all the offices in a building, usually
found just outside the elevator area.
• This is the way files and folders are shown to
you in an Operating System, and watch how it
“grows!”
• This is the mathematical process used to
break bytes into bits.
• A resource for storing information that a
program can use. Shares its name with a tool
you use to keep your fingernails dull.
• A three or four letter appendage to the end of
a file could also trick people into think your
hair is longer than it is.
• This is a single binary value, and also known as
a short skit on the radio.
• This the bottom-most piece of hardware in a
computer, and shares part of its name with
the woman that raised you.
• This is the name of the service that changes
google.com into 72.14.192.0
• This term sounds like something you might
hear at a recital – in truth it’s just the time it
takes for a packet to get to its destination and
back.
• This is a company that gives you access to the
World Wide Web, for a fee.
• This unit represents 1,000 GB.
• This folder is the one everything else sits
inside – it also keeps trees from falling over.
• This is the language that every browser
speaks, to allow you to see the wonders of the
World Wide Web.
• This is the “spine” of the internet which rests
in a long network of fiber optic cables.