2. Jeopardy Computer Technology Vocabulary 2 Template By Carl Lyman © September 2001

3. Jeopardy Operating Systems 1 Operating Systems 2 Viruses Networking / Internet Disk Information 100 200 300 400 500

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5. Operating Systems 1 $100 A system of programs that perform a variety of technical operations, providing an additional layer of insulation between the user and the bits-and-bytes world of computer hardware.

6. Operating Systems 1 $100 Operating system software

7. Operating Systems 1 $200 Concurrent processing for personal computers. The user can issue a command that initiates a process and continue working with other applications white the computer follows through on the command.

8. Operating Systems 1 $200 Multitasking

9. Operating Systems 1 $300 A user interface based on graphical displays. With a mouse, the user points to icons that represent files, folders, and disks. Documents are displayed in windows. The user selects commands from menus.

10. Operating Systems 1 $300 GUI (Graphical User Interface)

11. Operating Systems 1 $400 Software tool that allows a computer to be used for specific purposes.

12. Operating Systems 1 $400 Application software or program

13. Operating Systems 1 $500 A unit of measurement for a computer’s clock speed; millions of clock cycles per second.

14. Operating Systems 1 $500 MHz (megahertz)

15. Operating Systems 2 $100 The combination of hardware and operating system software upon which application software is built.

16. Operating Systems 2 $100 Platform

17. Operating Systems 2 $200 In a graphical user interface, a picture that represents a file, folder, or disk.

18. Operating Systems 2 $200 Icons

19. Operating Systems 2 $300 An on-screen list of command choices

20. Operating Systems 2 $300 Menus

21. Operating Systems 2 $400 A container for files and other folders; also called a directory.

22. Operating Systems 2 $400 Folder

23. Operating Systems 2 $500 Memory that stores program instructions and data temporarily.

24. Operating Systems 2 $500 RAM (Read Access Memory)

25. Viruses $100 Software that spreads from program to program or from disk to disk, and uses each infected program or disk to make more copies to itself. A form of software sabotage.

26. Viruses $100 Virus

27. Viruses $200 A virus that is transmitted through macros embedded in documents and usually spread via e-mail.

28. Viruses $200 Macro virus

29. Viruses $300 A program that performs a useful task while at the same time carrying out some secret destructive act. A form of software sabotage.

30. Viruses $300 Trojan Horse

31. Viruses $400 Programs that use computer hosts to reproduce themselves. These programs travel independently over computer networks, seeking out uninfected workstations to occupy. A form of software sabotage.

32. Viruses $400 Worm

33. Viruses $500 A program designed to attack in response to a particular event or sequence of events. A type of software sabotage.

34. Viruses $500 Logic bomb

35. Networking / Internet $100 A way to send formatted word processor documents, pictures, and other multimedia files via email.

36. Networking / Internet $100 Attachments

37. Networking / Internet $200 In a LAN, a computer used as a storehouse for software and data that are shared by several users.

38. Networking / Internet $200 File server

39. Networking / Internet $300 A network in which the computers are close to each other, usually in the same building. Typically includes a collection of computers and peripherals; each computer and shared peripheral is an individual node on the network.

40. Networking / Internet $300 LAN Intranetwork

41. Networking / Internet $400 A network that extends over a long distance. Each network site is a node on the network. The Internet is an example

42. Networking / Internet $400 WAN Internetwork

43. Networking / Internet $500 An Internet address; a string of four numbers separated by periods, included with every packet of information that traverses the Internet.

44. Networking / Internet $500 IP address

45. Disk Information $100 Beams that read and write bits of information on the disk surface of CD’s

46. Disk Information $100 Laser

47. Disk Information $200 A means of making sure no more information can be added or deleted from a diskette

48. Disk Information $200 Write-protected

49. Disk Information $300 Lines and sectors on a medium of storage so that information can be written upon it.

50. Disk Information $300 Formatted

51. Disk Information $400 A thicker version of a standard diskette. Can hold up to 250 MB

52. Disk Information $400 Zip disk

53. Disk Information $500 Memory that includes permanent information only. The computer can only read information from it; it can never write any new information on it.

54. Disk Information $500 ROM (Read Only Memory)