MTH Tier 1 Assessment
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| What are the physical pieces of the computer and the peripherals connected to it called? | show 🗑
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| show | Laptop
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| A computer that is designed to stay in a single location; powered from an internal battery and therefore must remain connected to a wall outlet. | show 🗑
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| show | Computer
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| show | Smartphone
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| A portable computer that uses a touchscreen as its primary input device; slightly smaller and weigh less than the average laptop; most only offer touchscreen input | show 🗑
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| A.K.A. computer programs or applications, scripts, and instruction sets all fall under the category of computer software | show 🗑
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| Turn the computer on | show 🗑
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| They write codes for software programs. | show 🗑
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| Central Processing Unit; Stands for "Central Processing Unit;" the brain of your computer; processes basic instructions to complex functions; can be referred to simply as the "processor." | show 🗑
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| The main circuit board of your computer and is also known as the mainboard or logic board | show 🗑
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| show | R.A.M.
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| show | Keyboard
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| show | Mouse
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| Modulator/Demodulator; A modem is a communications device that can be either internal or external to your computer. It allows one computer to connect another computer and transfer data over telephone lines. | show 🗑
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| show | Router
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| show | Virus
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| A computer that provides data to other computers on a local area network (LAN) or a wide area network (WAN) over the Internet; including web servers, mail servers, and file servers | show 🗑
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| Software that you can use on a trial basis before paying for it; often has limited functionality or may only be used for a limited time before requiring payment and registration | show 🗑
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| Software you can download, pass around, and distribute without any initial payment. However, the great part about freeware is that you never have to pay for it. No 30 day limit, no demo versions, no disabled features -- it's totally free. | show 🗑
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| The desktop is the primary user interface of a computer. When you boot up your computer, the desktop is displayed once the startup process is complete. | show 🗑
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| show | Icon
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| show | Operating System
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| show | Driver
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| show | Browser
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| A type of utility used for scanning and removing viruses from your computer | show 🗑
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| "Graphical User Interface," and is pronounced "gooey." It refers to the graphical interface of a computer that allows users to click and drag objects with a mouse instead of entering text at a command line. | show 🗑
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| show | Firewall
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| software programs that masquerade as regular programs, such as games, disk utilities, and even antivirus programs. But if they are run, these programs can do malicious things to your computer | show 🗑
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| A series of operating systems developed by Microsoft. Each version of Windows includes a graphical user interface, with a desktop that allows users to view files and folders in windows; most widely used operating system for personal computers PCs | show 🗑
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| show | Worm
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| A any external device that provides input and output for the computer | show 🗑
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| show | Touchscreen
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| Radio-frequency identification; the use of a wireless non-contact system that uses radio-frequency electromagnetic fields to transfer data from a tag attached to an object, for the purposes of automatic identification and tracking. | show 🗑
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| Portable Document Format is a file format used to represent documents in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems | show 🗑
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| Software that allows remote control and it is often used when it is difficult or impractical to be physically near a system in order to use it. | show 🗑
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| overriding the software limitations on the iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad designed to preclude the use of applications beyond control from the device's manufacturer | show 🗑
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| is a process allowing users of smartphones, tablets, and other devices running the Android operating system to attain privileged control (known as "root access"); often performed with the goal of overcoming limitations that carriers and hardware | show 🗑
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