How does message switching provide fault-tolerance?

What is packet switching?

What is a nearby group of computers connected together?

What is a network of computers covering entire regions or countries?

Companies like Comcast, AT&T, Midco, or Verizon represent _________ that connect users to the internet.

What is the set of rules that defines how packets should be addressed and formatted for sending across networks?

________ is provided by the OS to identify the individual program accessing the network.

What is a reference to data that the user can follow by clicking or tapping?

__________ is a document that contains hyperlinks.

What is used to uniquely identify a web resource.

______________ is the code that is used to structure a web page and its content.

What are end user applications that request resources from web servers using HTTP and render the resulting HTML on the user's screen?

_______ is an application-layer protocol for requesting and transmitting hypertext documents, such as HTML.

What are the three key components of a modern search engine?

What is an attack vector?

What are the three components of the CIA triad?

____________ is the process of identifying someone is who they say they are.

If a hacker has permission to test your computer system's defenses and report on what they find, they are most likely a _________.

This type of hacker will attempt to steal data or perform unauthorized malicious actions.

______ is manipulating an individual into letting attacker in or divulging confidential information.

_________ is a type of social engineering that uses emails to try to convince the user to login to an insecure website.

What is a trojan horse?

What is a brute force attack?

_______ is when an attacker enters modified code into the computer's processes.

A vulnerability in a system or device that has been disclosed but is not yet patched is known as ____________.

___________ is malicious software that will infect a computer system and encrypt the user's data. The user is forced to pay to regain access to their data.

What is an attempt to disrupt the normal traffic of a targeted server, service or network by overwhelming it with Internet traffic from a large number of devices?

Which two methods are best for protecting yourself from malware?

___________ is the study of secure communications techniques that allow only the sender and intended recipient of a message to view its contents.

What is encryption?

To view and understand an encrypted message it must first be _________ to change it back to plaintext.

The software that supports a computer's basic functions, such as executing applications, is called ___

In order to interface with hardware peripherals OSs provide a software abstraction, through APIs, called ___

Device drivers allow programmers to using standardized mechanisms to talk with common ___

The ability to run many programs simultaneously, enabled by the Operating System, is called ___

Preventing a process from accessing memory that has not been allocated to it is a feature called ____

An affordable computer that an individual can have in the home is called a ___

Any data written to storage, like your hard drive, will remain intact even if the power goes out. It’s ___

Computer memory is non-permanent. For this reason, it’s called ___

Magnetic drums led to the development of which similar technology, with a different geometric configuration?

Which close cousin of hard disks was used for portable storage from the mid 1970s up to the mid 90s?

Which type of storage has little physical divots in their surfaces that cause light to be reflected differently?

Which type of storage is composed of integrated circuits with no moving parts, like a USB stick?

It’s most useful and practical if the data inside a file is organized in a standardized way, which is called ____

The most straightforward file format is found in text files, also known as ___

Data, about data, is called ___

On a computer, pictures are made up of little tiny square elements called ___

Storing related files together in folders, which can then be put in other folders, is what kind of file system?

With this type of compression the compressed file can be reconstructed exactly as it was before it was compressed.

With this type of compression data may be discarded during the compression process. The original CANNOT be recreated exactly before it was compressed.

What are two advantages of compression?

The first modern keyboard was invented by Christopher Latham Sholes and uses which layout named after the top-left most keys?

What two innovations improved typing speeds above typical handwriting?

The outer shell of a computer. Typically contains locations for mounting other components.

A printed circuit board to which every other component is attached. It manages and connects all other components.

The brains of a computer which controls and executes operations.

This component is dedicated to the processing of anything that has to do with visuals and outputs these visuals

This component is the short term memory of the computer and only holds information when power is supplied.

Used for long term storage of information as it retains data, even when the power is off.

Converts AC to DC and reduces the voltage for use by the computer.

All hardware components that are attached to a computer and are controlled by the computer system, but they are not the core components. Typically used to input or output data from the computer.

What hardware component is shown in the picture?

What hardware component is shown in the picture?

What hardware component is shown in the picture?

Which type of processor can run several streams of instructions at once?

The speed of a supercomputer is measured in "floating point math operations per second", also known as ___

Modifying the clock to speed up the tempo of the CPU is commonly called ___

The reason humans developed so many purpose driven computing devices was to make calculating something much:

What were the major issues with electronically controlled mechanical switches?

What were some of the issues with vacuum tubes?

What number system are you using if you see 0x ?

What number system are you using if you see 0d ?

What number system are you using if you see 0b ?

What is digital text?

This was the first known device used for calculation.

What were the defining characteristics of the ENIAC computer?

Herman Hollerith helped out the U.S. Census Bureau for the 1890 census by developing a device to help compute the mass amount of data.

What was the name of the device? What company was eventually created from Hollerith's machine?