CBC Thinking Machines

How many bits make a byte?

RAM is the ___________ at which your computer finds information.

Connects computers is the same geographical location.

These are all types of output devices except:

Program that enables computer hardware to communicate and operate with the computer software.

Tera means:

Who created the Colossus machine, the computer that broke the German codes?

Entering data into the computer

Programs that run computers are called ____

Saving data, programs, or output for future use

Highly calculation-intensive tasks (like for quantum mechanics) can be effectively performed by means of

The German Enigma machine encrypted codes. Which computer broke the codes?

Which of these is NOT an example of a storage device?

What event led Herman Hollerith to invent the punched card tabulator?

Approximately how many kilobytes in a gigabyte?

Third generation computers used ________

Who was an American physicist who, along with John Presper Eckert, designed ENIAC?

All desktop computers have a ______ that serves as your computer's primary means of storage

Giga means:

___ was designed to calculate artillery firing tables for the US Army's Ballistic Research Lab.

Who developed an electromechanical punched card tabulator to assist in summarizing information?

Which is not an input device?

Which is NOT a true statement about comparing Random Access Memory to a hard drive on a desktop computer?

Performing operations on the data

What is required every 10 years according to the constitution?

Mega means:

Physical components of computers are ____

Which of these are free with no restrictions?

The ___________ is the core of a computer system and the main processing center.

Type of malware installed on a computer and collects info about users without their knowledge.

A computer with a microprocessor and its central processing unit is known as a _______________.

The founder of I.B.M. is

Regarded as the first computer programmer.

Is a network that links two or more computers or devices using a wireless signal or WiFi.

Second generation computers used _________

The first African-American woman to supervise a group of staff at NASA's Langley Research Center.

_________ is the presentation of any information exiting a computer system

The CPU is the _______ of your computer.

The analytical engine was designed to ___ so it would be more powerful than the difference engine.

_____________ are key words that the user inputs to perform a task.

NASA mathematician whose calculations were critical to the success of U.S. manned spaceflights.

The most important component of the system unit is the ___________ also called the processor.

Charles Babbage's automatic mechanical calculator designed to tabulate polynomial functions.

Is a computer network that covers across state, national, or even global boundaries.

Explain the term 'booting'.

Typical computers of the 1950s _______

UNIVAC I mainframe computer of 1951, became famous for what?

Fourth generation computers used _______

Large organizations use ______________ for highly critical applications (example: space launches)

This person co-founded Microsoft.

How does spyware normally get on to your computer?

Approximately how many kilobytes in a megabyte?

Which is NOT a step in the information processing cycle?

____ temporarily stores information that the CPU uses while the computer is on.

First generation computers used _________

Personal computers come in all of these forms except

GUI is short for

Kilo means:

__________ are instructions that direct the computer.

Types of output include all of these except______