Vocabulary List

The term for being measured in a set of discrete steps, often used in audio signals on CDs or mp4 files, is:

• Analog

• Digital

• Continuous

• Variable

A magnetic storage device that records data on a spinning disk is called a:

• Solid State Drive (SSD)

• Hard Disk Drive (HDD)

• Optical Disk

• Flash Drive

An unmanned flying vehicle that may be remote controlled or autonomous is called a:

• Drone

• Helicopter

• Airplane

• Rocket

What term is used to describe a computer that is integrated into the function of a physical item?

• Embedded System

• Mainframe

• Supercomputer

• Workstation

What is a classic highly reconfigurable editor that challenges vi for dominance of UNIX based text editing?

• Emacs

• Nano

• Sublime Text

• Notepad++

The process that renders data unintelligible using an encryption key is called:

• Encryption

• Decryption

• Encoding

• Hashing

A file that can be executed by the operating system is called:

• Executable file

• Text file

• Image file

• Audio file

A language construct that can be used to produce a value, such as sqrt(3) or 4*7+88, is called:

• a function

• an operator

• an expression

• a statement

What is a disk that is a peripheral called?

• Hard disk

• Floppy disk

• Optical disk

• Flash drive

The term for the part of a file name that indicates the type of the file, such as pdf, jpg, txt, etc., is called:

• File extension

• File header

• File footer

• File name