(chow, Alex) Final Review - Table

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Alex Chow 1/8/08 Software App. Pd. 7

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Review for Final Exam: Recreate the following Chart: USE MS WORD

Please answer the questions below: Use Webopedia and Google to answer the following Questions. Print and Hand in for Formative Assessment Grade. 1.) What is a LAN? A WAN? What is the difference?  A computer network covering a small geographic area  A computer network that covers a broad area  LAN have higher data transfer rates, WAN have bigger geographic range, and LAN lack a need for leased telecommunication lines 2.) List one computer input, output and storage device Computer Input – mouse  Computer Output – Printer  Storage Device – Tape Drives 3.) What do the following terms mean? a.) RAM - Random Access Memory b.) ROM - Read-Only Memory c.) CPU - Central Processing Unit 4.) What is a operating system? List at least 2 types of OS  It is the most important program that runs on a computer.  Monitor

Alex Chow 1/8/08 Software App. Pd. 7

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 Keyboard 5.) What is a virus program and why do you need to frequently update?  It is a program that checks for viruses and destroy them. You should update them frequently because some viruses could come and mess things up

6.) What is the difference between a client and a server on a network?  Client is an application or system that accesses a remote service on another computer system known as a server by way of a network. Server is an application, or device that performs services for connected clients as part of a client - server architecture. 7.) Define hyperlink and what does the back button do?  It is a reference or navigation element in a document to another section of the same document or to another document that may be on a different website. The back button is when you could back to a page you were previously. 8.) What is a search engine?  It is an information retrieval system designed to help find information stored on a computer system. 9.) How do you verify information found on the Internet?  Use different sites to find the same information 10.) In Windows what do the following commands do? CTRL +X CTRL+ C CTRL + V

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