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6. What was ENIAC? really old :P first general-purpose electric computer basically a
giant calculator
7. What contribution did Ada Byron make to computing? Technically created the first
computer program and predict the use of a machine that could run it.
8. What kind of wafers are used at Intel to make computer chips? This is a really old
joke :P Silicon wafers(because this is for school I had to stop myself from attaching
a meme to this I like the joke though)
9. What do they call the suit that clean room technicians must wear while making
computer chips? Ive seen it called a bunny suit and an anti-static jump suit
10. What does modem stand for anyway? A transmitter for digital and electronic data
11. What is a bit? Smallest unit of digital memory
12. How many bits in a byte? 8
13. How many nibbles in a byte? 2
14. The ARPANET 's development began in 1966. It was an experiment to connect
15. What is a thumb drive? It is a drive the size of your thumb.. small USB drive that
typically stories data, but might only have programs on them to be installed onto
other devices
16. How many megabytes of data can a factory made audio CD hold? 700 that kind of
why they are no longer used
17. What do the letters CD-ROM stand for? Compact Disc Read-Only Memory
18. Name three computer peripherals. Web cam, mouse, speaker
19. What does GUI (pronounced "goo-ey") mean? graphical user interface
20. What is an advantage of the Dvorak keyboard? Dvorak layout uses less finger
motion, increases typing rate, and reduces errors compared to the standard
QWERTY
21. What is a computer virus? Malicious computer code s a malware program that,
when executed, replicates by inserting copies of itself (possibly modified) into other
computer programs, data files, or the boot sector of the hard drive; when this
replication succeeds, the affected areas are then said to be "infected".