DIT Review Part 1

A keyboard is an ______ device

How many bits are in a byte?

The part of a sound wave that is captured, measured, and assigned a numeric value during digital sound recording

A circuit board that connects to a computer's motherboard, giving it additional power or functionality

The representation of text by assigning a unique binary code to each character.

Heat sinks and fans that keep computer components, especially the CPU, from overheating

The number of images, or frames, that are taken each second during digital video recording

Environmentally friendly policies that advice energy efficiency, recycling, ecofriendly removal of electronic equipment

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How many bytes are in a kilobyte?

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The representation of integers using a group of bytes.

MP3's & MP4's have an ________ file format?

Which type of image is more detailed?

A way of reducing the size of files, making them easier to store.

Touching a touch screen is an _______ device

What is Ergonomics?

How many digits does decimal use?

A device that allowed entire computers to be built into a single board, replacing modules for each part of the computer

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The first computing machine (Hollerith's Tabulating Machine) was created in:

Read the image below and define it with the proper vocabulary term. (Extra time given to read)

A unit that supplies electricity to the motherboard and other computer components

The amount of memory used to store the numeric value of a sound sample during digital sound recording

Which company(s) manufactures x86 processors?

The measurement in bits per second that information is transferred through a network from one computer to another.

Places a water-cooled heat exchanger near a heat source. It then removes the heat, reducing the air temperature

How many kilobytes are in a megabyte

Most important part of any modern computer system that controls the other parts of the computer; brains of the computer

A controller is a _______ device

What is the sampling rate measured in?

Mobile devices use ______ processors

Desktops, laptops, and computers use which type of processor?

The measurement in bytes of the volume that a storage device can contain; is measured in: kb, mb, gb, and tb

What does NIC stand for?

A creative artist who designs digital images and illustrations for a wide variety of purposes.

The second step in designing a 3D model which converts the models into 2D images on a computer

The number of pixels in the width and height of each frame in a digital video recording.

What paved the way for personal computer ownership?

Which type of image is clearer

The _________ the sampling rate the better

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An advanced rendering method that is used to create realistic lighting effects for things like video games and movies

Kilobits of audio data processed each second

The saving of information on memory chips, discs, or other storage media by a computer for later use.

Computer Science is the study of computers and computing concepts.

IT professional who designs, records, & edits instructional videos, marketing materials, and other digital video content

Modern x86 processors are designed to process ___ bits of info, older x86 processors could only process ___ bits of info

How many gigabytes are in a terabyte

A microphone is an ________ device

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A large, flat computer component that connects the important parts of the computer, such as the CPU, RAM, & BIOS chip.

The smallest unit of digital information, represented by a 1 or 0

Most modern sound recordings are made at ______ kHz.

Which type of image is more prevalent in logos?

How many megabytes are in a gigabyte

The ________________ is a three-step cycle (fetch, decode, and execute) that processors use to execute instructions.

Observing and recording the activities of employees, sometimes without their direct consent.

The amount of memory the computer uses to display colors in a digital image or a digital video

A better (in all ways) device that replaced mechanical relays, which were slow and tended to wear down over time.

A printer is a _______ device

Which type of processor consumes more power?

The _______ the resolution, the clearer the image will be.

Speed at which a computer processes info; measured by number of cycles per sec (hertz) that the computer's cpu operates

A numbering system that uses sixteen digits, 0 through 9, and A through F

IT professional who specializes in recording & editing high-quality audio for videos, podcasts, and many other purposes

A patch of pixels in a compressed image or video that have less visible detail than the rest of the image

Read the image below and match it with the correct term.

Electrostatic Discharge is when..

Look at the image below and match it with the vocabulary term (extra time given to look)

What's the difference between .jpg & and .jpeg?

A numbering system that uses two digits, 0 and 1

A common method of cooling that uses fans to move hot air out of a system.

Pieces of software that either compress or decompress digital media

The number of individual samples taken each second during digital sound recording

What is throughput measured in?

The operations performed by a computer to retrieve, transform, or classify information.

A computer component that attaches to a chip (like a CPU) disperses heat and prevents overheating.

discipline that is dedicated to meeting the computer needs of businesses, schools, governments, and other organizations

Collecting and utilizing data to help organizations know what info they need; how to turn it into meaningful decisions

Speakers are an ______ device

Doesn't affects the original image when decompressed.

An area of computer science that focuses on intelligent machines.

Volatile; temporary memory to store data while the PC is running and is erased when the computer turns off

Read the image below and match it with the correct term.

A government policy that required Internet Service Providers to allow equal access to all web content.

What are the primary colors of a computer?

Another comp processor that provides graphics processing; giving better performance by relieving the CPU of this duty