NS2-M3C22 - Computers and the Internet Quiz 61

When were the first U.K. and U.S. digital computers developed?

• 1930's

• 1940's

• 1950's

• 1960's

Computer chips today can now process approximately how many times faster than the first chips of the 1940’s?

• millions of times

• ten times

• hundreds of times

• billions of times

Put the following in order from smallest to largest. (Input the answers in the correct sequence, then push the ENTER button.)

• Kilobytes

• Gigabytes

• Terabytes

• Megabytes

What does HTTP stand for?

• Hypertess Transfer Protocol

• Hypertext Transfer Total Portal

• Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

Which of the following would be a secure website? (Input the answers in the correct sequence, then push the ENTER button.)

• http://www.findme.gov

• https://www.google.com

• http://www.navy.org

• https://www.uc.edu

Connects to a computer system to add functionality, such as a mouse, keyboard or printer

• Hardware

• Device driver

• Hard drive

• Peripheral device

An electronic circuit formed on a small piece of semiconducting material. Performing the same function as a larger circuit made from discrete components.

• Electronic circuits

• Integrated circuits

• Device circuits

• Data circuits

A data processing system employed mainly by a large organization for managing information.

• Data System

• Software

• Mainframe

• Network

Programs that operate the computer hardware to provide basic functionality, or to perform any number of processes under the control of the user.

• Hardware

• Hard drive

• Hacker

• Software

A method of representing numbers that has 2 as its base and uses only digits 0 and 1.

• Browser

• Byte

• Broadband

• Binary numbers