Jeopardy

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Jeopardy
External Hardware
Internal Hardware
Operating Systems
General
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Final Jeopardy
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100 Question from H1
Bit
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Bit

• What is a binary digit?
• A binary digit is the smallest unit of
  information on a machine.
• 0Off 1On

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200 Question from H1
Binary
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Binary

• A number system that has just two unique digits.
• So the binary number 1011 equals a decimal number
  11.

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300 Question from H1
DPI
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DPI

• Dots Per Inch
• DPI indicates the resolution of images. The more
  dots per inch, the higher the resolution. A
  common resolution for laser printers is 600 dots
  per inch. This means 600 dots across and 600 dots
  down, so there are 360,000 dots per square inch.

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400 Question from H1
Megahertz
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Megahertz

• Abbreviation for megahertz.
• One MHz represents one million cycles per
  second. The speed of microprocessors, called the
  clock speed, is measured in megahertz.

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500 Question from H1
Baud Rate
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Baud Rate

• The baud indicates the number of bits per second
  that are transmitted. For example, 300 baud
  means that 300 bits are transmitted each second.
• Abbreviated 300 bps

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100 Question from H2
Modem
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Modem

• Short for modulator-demodulator. A modem is a
  device or program that enables a computer to
  transmit data over telephone lines. Computer
  information is stored digitally, whereas
  information transmitted over telephone lines is
  transmitted in the form of analog waves. A modem
  converts between these two forms.

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200 Question from H2
Hub
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Hub

• A common connection point for devices in a
  network. Hubs are commonly used to connect
  segments of a LAN. A hub contains multiple ports.

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300 Question from H2
Lan
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LAN

• Local Access Network
• A computer network that spans a relatively small
  area. Most LANs are confined to a single building
  or group of buildings.

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400 Question from H2
Bridge
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Bridge

• A device that connects two local-area networks
  (LANs), or two segments of the same LAN that use
  the same protocol, such as Ethernet or
  Token-Ring.

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500 Question from H2
10 base T
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10 base T

• Cable
• 10 Base-T uses two pairs of wires one pair for
  transmission and the second pair for receive. The
  physical connector commonly used is an 8 position
  modular plug, referred to as an RJ-45. All cables
  must be wired such that pins 1 2 are on one
  twisted pair and pins 3 6 are on a second pair.
• The 10Base-T system operates at 10 Mbps and uses
  baseband transmission methods.

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100 Question from H3
Motherboard
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Motherboard

• The main circuit board of a microcomputer.
• Typically, the motherboard contains the CPU,
  BIOS, memory, serial and parallel ports,
  expansion slots, and all the controllers required
  to control standard peripheral devices, such as
  the display screen, keyboard, and disk drive.

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200 Question from H3
Bus
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Bus

• A collection of wires through which data is
  transmitted from one part of a computer to
  another. You can think of a bus as a highway on
  which data travels within a computer.

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300 Question from H3
Cache
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Cache

• Pronounced cash, a special high-speed storage
  mechanism. It can be either a reserved section of
  main memory or an independent high-speed storage
  device. Two types of caching are commonly used in
  personal computers memory caching and disk
  caching.

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400 Question from H3
Ram
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RAM

• Acronym for random access memory, a type of
  computer memory that can be accessed randomly
  that is, any byte of memory can be accessed
  without touching the preceding bytes. RAM is the
  most common type of memory found in computers and
  other devices, such as printers.

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500 Question from H3
Nic
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NIC

• Often abbreviated as NIC, an expansion board you
  insert into a computer so the computer can be
  connected to a network.

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100 Question from H4
Fragmented
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Fragmented

• Refers to the condition of a disk in which files
  are divided into pieces scattered around the
  disk. Fragmentation occurs naturally when you use
  a disk frequently, creating, deleting, and
  modifying files.

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200 Question from H4
Plug and Play
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Plug and Play

• Refers to the ability of a computer system to
  automatically configure expansion boards and
  other devices. You should be able to plug in a
  device and play with it, without worrying about
  setting DIP switches, jumpers, and other
  configuration elements.

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300 Question from H4
Post
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POST

• Short for power-on self test
• Diagnostic testing sequence run by a computers
  BIOS as the computers power is initially turned
  on. The POST will determine if the computers
  RAM, disk drives, peripheral devices and other
  hardware components are properly working

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400 Question from H4
Unix
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UNIX

• UNIX was one of the first operating systems to be
  written in a high-level programming language,
  namely C. This meant that it could be installed
  on virtually any computer for which a C compiler
  existed.

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500 Question from H4
Bios
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BIOS

• Basic input/output system. The BIOS is built-in
  software that determines what a computer can do
  without accessing programs from a disk.

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Final Jeopardy


Born on October 28, 1955. (Oddly enough the
same date that your computer clock defaults when
you lose power)
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Final Jeopardy Answer