Exam 1: Introduction to Information Technology: the Future Now

These computers offer advanced graphics capabilities often used to create three-dimensional effects for movies:

Printers,scanners,and keyboards are all examples of peripheral devices.

The term "infotech" refers to technology that merges computing with high-speed communications.

The main difference between primary and secondary storage is the amount of information that each holds.

Medical care delivered via telecommunications is called ________.

"Interactivity" describes the combination of several industries through various devices that exchange data in the format used by computers.

Additional circuit boards can be plugged into ________ slots on the motherboard.

Transferring data from a remote computer on the Internet to your own computer is called ________.

When a computer is used to type and store a term paper,it has converted data into ________.

What is the difference between downloading and uploading?

Embedded computers are known as ________.

The ________ is a worldwide computer network that connects hundreds of thousands of smaller networks.

The raw facts and figures that are processed into information are called ________.

A bank is likely to buy a ________ computer to process customer deposits.

Which of the following devices is a programmable,multiuse machine that converts raw facts and figures into information we can use?

Cyberspace does not include websites and wireless phone calls.

Computer depictions of humans are called ________.

What is the relationship between a byte and a gigabyte?

The computer circuitry that temporarily holds data waiting to be processed is known as ________.

Slower than a supercomputer,but still able to process millions of instructions per second,these computers are often access by means of a terminal and are sometimes called "midsize" computers.