Computers are all around us these days, and we spend more and more time in their company than many of our acquaintances. Yet, for a lot of people, the language of computers and internet can be confusing, especially since we never had the privilege of learning about all this technological wizardry when we were at school. So, why not put your PC knowledge to the test to see how many of the computer basics you’ve already mastered?
WWW stands for world wide web, the same meaning as internet.
World Word Web
None of these
World Wide Web
World Worm Web
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What is used to communicate from one place to another?
WAN stands for Wide Area Network. The internet itself could be described as a WAN.
MAN
WAN
LAN
All 3 of these
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A ___ is a group that unites a number of independent computers together via communication media.
A network is a telecommunications group of several computers that share information.
Internet
All 3 of these
Network
E-mail
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A Speedometer is one example of ___ computing.
Analog computers represent data by measurable quantities, like voltages or gear rotation, to solve a problem, rather than by expressing the data numerically.
Digital
Analog
Hybrid
None of these
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What software is used to view web pages on the internet?
Popular web browsers include Safari, Edge, Chrome and Firefox
Web Browser
Internet Browser
Page Browser
All 3 of these
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What can you use to save the websites you wish to visit most frequently?
Favorite lists keep you from having to search the same web sites again and again.
Explorer List
Frequent List
Favorites List
None of these
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Which of these is a Microsoft presentation program?
MS Power Point is suitable for making presentation slides and notices.
MS-Word
MS-Excel
MS-Power Point
MS- Access
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What does ISP stand for?
Your ISP is the organization that provides you with your internet services.
None of these
Internet Service Presenter
International Service Provider
Internet Service Provider
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Number systems all have a base, known as ___.
The base (or radix) of a number system is the number of alternative symbols available to represent any digit in that system. E.g. the decimal system has a radix of 10.
Subscript
None of these
Radix
Index
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What is a bit?
Bits are the basic unit of information in computing and digital communications.
Binary Deci
Binary Digit
None of these
Binary Data
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1024 bytes equals ____.
A byte is smaller than a kilobyte, which is smaller than a megabyte, which is smaller than a gigabyte, which is smaller than a terabyte.
1GB
1TB
1MB
1KB
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_____ is when one user transfers information FROM THEIR computer TO ANOTHER computer via a modem.
You upload information from your device or computer to another device or computer, and you download from another location to your device or computer.
Downloading & uploading
Uploading
Downloading
None of these
Depositphotos
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Which one of these performs allows you to conduct several operations on the computer at once?
The memory allows you to "save" what you are doing while also doing something else.
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