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Chapter 1: Key Terms: ACM

Association of Computing Machinery

Chapter 1: Key Terms: ENIAC

Electronic Numeric Integrator and Calculator

Chapter 1: Key Terms: ICT

Information and Communications Technology

Chapter 1: Key Terms: IDI

ICT Development Index

Chapter 1: Key Terms: IT

Information Technology

Chapter 1: Key Terms: ITU

International Telecommunication Union

Chapter 1: Key Terms: USB

Universal Serial Bus

Chapter 1: Key Terms: is defined as the science of making computers or machines in general to do things that require intelligence when done by humans.

Artificial Intelligence

Chapter 1: Key Terms: Is the technique of making an apparatus, a process, or a system to operate automatically

Automation

Chapter 1: Key Terms: Is a term that describes large and complex volumes of data analyzed for insights to help in making better decisions and more effective strategic plans

Big data

Chapter 1: Key Terms: Is a combination of two word -web and log. It works the same way as pen and paper would, but the privacy becomes irrelevant given that blog can be seen by anyone online.

Blog

Chapter 1: Key Terms: Is a person who writes blogs

Blogger

Chapter 1: Key Terms: Is a process in which information is exchanged between individuals through verbal and non-verbal means.

Communication

Chapter 1: Key Terms: Is a hardware component that aids a computer to send (transmit) and receive data, instructions, and information to and from one or more computers

Communication device

Chapter 1: Key Terms: Is a flat, round, portable metal disc

Compact disc

Chapter 1: Key Terms: Is an electronic device, operating under the control of instructions stored in its own memory, that can accept data, manipulate the data according to specified rules, produce results, and store the results for future use

Computer

Chapter 1: Key Terms: Is designed to be placed on a desk, and is typically made up of a few different parts, including the computer case, monitor, keyboard, and mouse.

Desktop computer

Chapter 1: Key Terms: Refers to an action of making use of and benefiting from digital resources such as changing grades by hacking the system.

Exploitation

Chapter 1: Key Terms: Is a data storage hardware device that offers a greater storage capacity than a floppy disk, Zip disk, or USB flash drive

Hard disk

Chapter 1: Key Terms: refers to the knowledge obtained from reading, investigation, study, or research

Information

Chapter 1: Key Terms: Is a period in human history characterized by the shift from traditional industry to an information technology-based economy brought by industrialization.

Information age.

Refers to technology that supports activities by involving information such as gathering, processing, storing, and presenting data. Increasingly these activities also involve collaboration and communication

Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

Chapter 1: Key Terms: Pertains to the industry that involves computers, software, networking, and other IT infrastructure that help relay or manage information deemed important in modern-day living.

Information Technology (IT)

Chapter 1: Key Terms: is any hardware component that allows one to enter data or instructions to a computer.

Input device

Chapter 1: Key Terms: Is a far more complex machine capable of learning.

Intelligent system

Chapter 1: Key Terms: Is a battery-powered computer that is more portable than a desktop, allowing one to use it almost anywhere.

Laptop computer

Chapter 1: Key Terms: Refers to publication of a false statement that damages one's business or personal reputation.

Libel

Chapter 1: Key Terms: is a powerful multi-user computer capable of supporting hundreds or thousands of users simultaneously

Mainframe

Chapter 1: Key Terms: Refers to communication devices. Communication devices are used in interaction and/or communication

Media

Chapter 1: Key Terms: Is a multi-user computer capable of supporting from 10 to hundreds of users simultaneously.

Minicomputer

Chapter 1: Key Terms: Is a device program that enables a computer to transmit data over, for example, telephone or cable lines.

Modem

Chapter 1: Key Terms: Is a circuitry of the system unit which is commonly a part of, associated with, or linked to a circuit board.

Motherboard

Chapter 1: Key Terms: Is any hardware component that transmits information to one or more people.

Output device

Chapter 1: Key Terms: Is a small, single-user computer based on a microprocessor

Personal computer

Chapter 1: Key Terms: is the act of using someone's intellectual property (e.g., ideas and written works) and claiming it as one's own.

Plagiarism

Chapter 1: Key Terms: Is an endpoint of communication in an operating system

Port

Chapter 1: Key Terms: Is a mobile phone that performs many of the functions of a computer, typically having a touchscreen interface, internet access, and an operating system capable of running downloaded applications.

Smartphone

Chapter 1: Key Terms: Refers to an act of installing a copy of software into one's computer without permission, and/or producing a copy disregarding the copyrights.

Software piracy

Chapter 1: Key Terms: holds data, instructions, and information for future use.

Storage

Chapter 1: Key Terms: is an extremely fast computer that can perform millions of instructions per second

Supercomputer

Chapter 1: Key Terms: is a box-like case that contains the electronic components of the computer which are used to process data.

System unit

Chapter 1: Key Terms: has made communication much easier and faster through telephones, computers, and mobile devices.

Technology

Chapter 1: Key Terms: refers to a particular style in fashion, devices, or entertainment. There could always be a new trend coming along to replace the old.

Trend

Chapter 1: Key Terms: Is a portable storage device that has more storage capacity than a floppy disk or Zip disk. It is small and lightweight enough to be transported on a keychain or put in one's pocket.

USB flash drive

Chapter 1: Key Terms: is anyone who communicates and interacts with a computer or makes use of the information it generates.

User

Chapter 1: Key Terms: Is similar to a personal computer but has a more powerful microprocessor and a higher-quality monitor.

Workstation

Key Terms: ANSI

American National Standards Institution

Key Terms: CPU

Central Processing Unit

Key Terms: DNS

Domain name system

Key Terms: GUI

Graphical User Interface

Key Terms: HTML

Hypertext markup language

Key Terms: HTTP

Hypertext transfer protocol

Key Terms: ISO

International Organization for Standardization

Key Terms: OOP

Object-oriented programming

Key Terms: OS

Operating system

Key Terms: Perl

Practical extraction and reporting language

Key Terms: PHP

Hypertext preprocessor

Key Terms: SQL

Structured query language

Key Terms: WISP

Wireless internet service provider

Key Terms: WMA

Windows media audio

Key Terms: WWW

World Wide Web

Key Terms: XML

Extensible markup language

Key Terms: Is Google's open and free software stack that includes an operating system, middleware, and key applications for use on mobile devices such as smartphones

Android OS

Key Terms: Is used primarily for direct hardware manipulation and direct access to specialized processor instructions. It is also used to address critical performance issues.

Assembly language

Key Terms: is an informal website consisting of time-stamped articles, or posts, in a diary or journal format, commonly listed in reverse chronological order.

Blog website

Key Terms: Is a general-purpose, imperative programming language developed in the early '70s; this is the oldest and most widely used language, providing the building blocks for other popular languages.

C programming language

Key Terms: is a programming language based on C++ and Java that helps developers create XML web services and Microsoft's NET-connected applications for Windows operating systems and the internet.

C sharp (C#)

Key Terms: Provides high-speed internet connections through the cable television network. This service costs about twice much as dial-up access.

Cable modem

Key Terms: is a location on an internet server that permits users to chat with each other.

Chat room

Key Terms: Is a real-time typed conversation that takes place on a computer or mobile device.

Chat

Key Terms: Is a language used to write computer programs; it involves a computer that performs some kind of computation or algorithm, and possibly controls external devices such as printers, disk drives, etc.

Computer programming language

Key Terms: Is an intermediate-level language with object-oriented programming structures, originally designed to enhance the C language.

C++ programming language

Is a collection of data used for automated systems.

Database

Key Terms: Takes place when the modem in the computer uses a standard telephone line to connect to the internet. It is an easy yet an expensive way for users to connect to the internet.

Dial-up access

Key Terms: Is the text version of an IP address.

Domain name

Key Terms: Is the method that the internet uses to store domain names and their corresponding IP addresses.

Domain name system (DNS)

Key Terms: is a programming language such as C, Fortran, or Pascal that enables a programmer to write programs that are more or less independent of a particular type of computer.

High-level language

Key Terms: Is a server-side interpreted scripting language. It was designed for creating dynamic web pages and other web pages that effectively work with databases.

Hypertext preprocessor (PHP)

Key Terms: Is a worldwide collection of networks that links millions of business, government agencies, education institutions, and individuals.

Internet

Key Terms: Is a not-for-profit networking consortium in the U.S. which aims to improve the internet, such as relieving bottlenecks in the current architecture.

Internet2

Is a computer program that directly executes, i.e., performs instructions written in a programming or scripting language, without previously compiling them into a machine language program.

Interpreter

Is a programming language that was first introduced to the public in 1995 and is widely used to create internet applications and other software programs.

Java programming language

Key Terms: Is a programming language that provides little or no abstraction from a computer's instruction set architecture.

Low-level language

Key Terms: Refers to the etiquette guidelines that govern behavior when communicating on the internet

Netiquette

Key Terms: manages the computer's memory and processes, as well as all of its software applications and hardware; it also allows one to communicate with the computer without knowing how to speak the computer's language.

Operating system

Key Terms: refers to a set of instructions and operations for a computer to perform or do sertain tasks.

Program.

Key Terms: Is a person who writes computer programs.

Programmer

Key Terms: Is a formal computer language that is designed to create instructions for the computer.

Programming language

Key Terms: Comprises device drivers, OS, servers, and software components. This helps in writing programs through tools such as editors, linkers, debuggers, and compilers/interpreters, among others.

System software

Key Terms: is the tool used to access the internet

Web browser

Key Terms: Is a website that gathers a specific group of people with similar interests or relationships

Web community

Key Terms: provides the technologies and services needed for the website or web page to be viewed via the internet.

Web hosting

Key Terms: is a document that contains text, graphics, audio (sound), and/or video accessible through the internet.

Web page

Key Terms: is the process of publishing original content on the internet. The process includes building and uploading websites, updating the associated web pages, and posting content to these web pages online.

Web publishing

Key Terms: Is a system that delivers requested web pages to the computer.

Web server

Key Terms: is a collection of related web pages and associated items, such as documents and pictures, stored in a web server.

Website

Key Terms: is a network that uses radio signals to provide internet connections to wireless computers and devices.

WiFi

Key Terms: is a collaborative website that allows users to create, add to, modify, or delete the website content via their web browser.

Wiki website

Key Terms: Is a company that provides wireless internet access to users with wireless modems or web-enabled mobile devices, such as smartphones and personal digital assistants (PDAs).

Wireless internet service provider (WISP)

Key Terms: is an automated assistant that helps complete a task by asking questions then performs actions based on the answers.

Wizard