CSCI100_Q1_StudyGuide.txt

Updated: Saturday 24th September 2011, 11:57 PT, AD

CSCI100 - Quiz 1 - Study Guide
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Study ONLY the decimal and binary numbering systems from this document:
http://www.annedawson.net/NumberingSystems.htm

and

Chapters 1,2 and 4


These are the key terms to study for Chapter 1. 
Please see the back of the chapter or the index of the text book for page numbers:

application program (i.e. application)
browsers		desktop computer		digital divide
email			embedded system			firmware
hypertext link		information age			integrated circuit
The Internet		laptop /notebook computer	mainframe computer
microprocessor		Moore's Law			network
peripherals		Personal Computer (PC)		personal digital assistant (PDA)
server			silicon chip			Silicon Valley
subnotebooks/netbooks	supercomputer			terminal
timesharing		transistor			World Wide Web (WWW or just Web)




These are the key terms to study for Chapter 2. 
Please see the back of the chapter or the index of the text book for page numbers:

ASCII			binary				bit
bus 			byte				CPU	
compatible		data				digit
digital			expansion card and slots	file
gigabyte (GB)		information			input device
kilobyte (KB)		megabyte (MB)			memory
microprocessor		motherboard			multicore processor
multiprocessing		nonvolatile memory		output device
peripheral		port				Random Access Memory (RAM)
Read Only Memory (ROM)	storage device			terabyte (TB)
Unicode




These are the key terms to study for Chapter 4 - Software Basics. 
Please see the back of the chapter or the index of the text book for page numbers:


agents			algorithm			autosave
booting			bug				character-based interface (e.g. MS-DOS)
clean install		command-line interface (MS-DOS)	compatibility
compiler		context-sensitive menus		contract
copyright		copyrighted software		custom application
debugging		defragmentation utility		device drivers
documentation		end-user license agreement,EULA	file management utility
formatting		GUI				high level language (e.g. Python, Java)
intellectual property	Java				Linux
machine language	Mac OS				menu, menu-driven interface
Microsoft Windows OS	MS-DOS				multitasking
natural language (e.g. English)				open-source software (e.g. Linux)
operating system (OS)	pathname			platform
pop-up menus		public-domain software		root directory
safe mode		shareware			shell
software license	software piracy			system software
task bar		trademark			UNIX
update, upgrade		user interface			utility program
vertical market application	virtual memory  	virtual reality