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Welcome to Jeopardy!. With Your Host . . . Amy Scott. On-Line: $100. Move from place to place on the Internet searching for topics of interest. What is Surf?. Jeopardy. On-Line: $200. The process of transferring software/information from the Internet to your computer. What is Download?.
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Welcome to Jeopardy! With Your Host . . . Amy Scott
On-Line: $100 Move from place to place on the Internet searching for topics of interest
What is Surf? Jeopardy
On-Line: $200 The process of transferring software/information from the Internet to your computer.
What is Download? Jeopardy
On-Line: $300 The front or main web page, which provides access to web sites on the Internet.
What is the Homepage? Jeopardy
On-Line: $400 The language in which World Wide Web documents is written.
On-Line: $500 AOL, Comcast, Earthlink, Cornerstone, Compuserve, Starpower, Prodigy are providers of this type of service.
Time To Work: $100 This general term for software (also called end-user programs) includes database programs, word processors, and spreadsheets.
What are Applications? Jeopardy
Time To Work: $200 A computerized store (collection) of related information.
What is a database? Jeopardy
Time To Work: $300 The transmission of an electronic message over a communications networks.
What is Email or electronic mail? Jeopardy
Time To Work: $400 A global network connecting millions of computers.
What is the Internet? Jeopardy
Time To Work: $500 A software tool used to organize data in a row and column format and to perform multiple calculations.
What is a spreadsheet? Jeopardy
The Tech Box: $100 Start-up a computer from a powered-down state (when the computer is not already on).
What is Cold Boot? Jeopardy
The Tech Box: $200 The “brains” of the computer. This unit directs the computer’s activities. Every instruction given by the operator must first pass through this part before it can be carried out.
The Tech Box: $300 This is a type of computer memory that allows data to be stored and retrieved as required. It is called this because any part of the memory can be located without having to go through everything that comes before it.
What is RAM or Random Access Memory? Jeopardy
The Tech Box: $400 A type of display used in digital watches and many portable computers. Also a type of projector.
The Tech Box: $500 The most important program that runs on a computer. Every general-purpose computer must have this to run other programs. It performs basic tasks, such as recognizing input from the keyboard, sending output to the display screen, keeping track of files and directories on the disk, and controlling peripheral devices such as disk drives and printers.
What is the Operating System or OS? Jeopardy
Upkeep: $100Security & Maintenance A contract specifying what a subscriber can and cannot do while using an ISP’s service or an organizations network and equipment.
Upkeep: $200 Security & Maintenance Copy files to a second medium (a disk or tape) as a precaution in case the first medium fails and the files are lost.
What is Backup? Jeopardy
Upkeep: $300 Security & Maintenance A mechanism to keep unauthorized users from accessing parts of a network or host computer.
What is a firewall? Jeopardy
Upkeep: $400 Security & Maintenance Resetting (restarting) a computer that is already turned on. Resetting it returns the computer to its initial state; any data or programs in main memory are erased. A warm boot is sometimes necessary when a computer has crashed or “locked-up.”
What is a Warm Boot? Jeopardy
Upkeep: $500 Security & Maintenance A destructive computer program that invades by means of a normal program and damages the computer system.
What is a virus? Jeopardy
On the Side: $100 Various techniques and devices for storing large amounts of data. These include floppy disks, tape drives, zip drives, hard disks, and optical disks.
What are Auxiliary Storage Devices? Jeopardy
On the Side: $200 A round silver colored disk that comes with a large amount of information embedded and ready to use. It is a read-only disk. Some allow you to burn your own files to it as well or even write to it multiple times.
What is a CD-ROM?(compact disk) Jeopardy
On the Side: $300 A device that can read text or illustrations printed on paper and translate the information into a format that the computer can use.
What is a scanner? Jeopardy
On the Side: $400 Any device added to the computer (externally).
What is a peripheral device? Jeopardy