Computer Science Basics Quiz 1 Period 1

Fetches instructions from memory and executes them.

• Central Processing Unit (CPU)

• Mouse

• Computer Hardware

• Programming language

A global network of billions of computers and other electronic devices.

• Software

• Internet

• Algorithm

• Printer

Is credited with popularizing the term "debugging" for fixing computer glitches.

• Charles Babbage

• Admiral Grace Murray Hopper

• Ada Lovelace

• Joseph Clement

A collection of different websites that you can access through the Internet.

• HTML and CSS

• Internet

• Network

• World Wide Web

A program that tells hardware what to do and how to do it.

• Programming languages

• Software

• HTML and CSS

• Algorithms

These are examples of input devices.

• True

• False

An algorithm is a set or series of steps used to complete a specific task.

• True

• False

Is this an input or output device?

• Input

• Output

Computers use the ____________________number system to store data and perform calculations.

• binary

• decimal

• hexadecimal

• octal

__________________ make up the code that powers much of our technology

• Programming languages

• Internet

• HTML

• Algorithms