100 questions for IT and Computing

What is computing?

It is the science that is responsible for the study and application of automatic information processing.

What does computing mean?

It is of French origin, appreciated in 1962, which means information and automatic.

Who invented the first machine?

The German mathematician Goufried Von Leibniz in 1673.

What is the computer?

It is an electronic system that allows data entry, processing and storage.

What is hardware?

They are the physical and tangible components, that is, the parts that can be seen and touched.

What is software?

They are the intangible and logical steps that enable the computer to carry out all the processes.

What are input devices?

They are elements that allow the user to enter data, information, commands and computer programs.

What are the most used input devices?

Keyboard, mouse, scanner, CD-ROM, joystick, microphone, and digital camera.

What is the keyboard?

Allows communication between the user and the computer.

What is the mouse or mouse?

It is used to navigate easily when managing programs, which appear on the monitor in graphical
environments.

What is scanner?

This device is used to digitize images or text.

What is the microphone?

It allows you to record voice or sound and store the information in an audio file.

What is the joystick?

It consists of a lever or control that allows you to move the cursor or object on the screen as in video games.

What is webcam?
It is a video camera designed for computers, it allows you to see the interlocutor while connecting to the
Internet to chat with people who are far away.

The output devices are those?

They are those that we use to obtain the information that is stored in the computer's memory and that is
processed.

What is a monitor?

It is the main output device of a computer since thanks to it we can observe the information.

What are headphones for?

They are devices placed in the ear to be able to hear the sounds of the sound card that it sends.

Does this device serve to project what is seen on the monitor onto a large screen and what is it?

It's the cannon.

What is the function of fax?

It is a device by which a copy of another transmitted print is printed.

What is the printer?

It is one of the most used devices, both in the office and at home. It allows you to record the information
contained in the computer on a sheet of paper.

What is the operating system in charge of?

It is the software on which the other applications installed on a computer work and it is the most important of
the programs.

How many and what operating systems exist?

Single-tasking, multi-tasking, single-process, multi-process, single-user and multi-user.

What is a storage medium?

They are responsible for storing the data that the CPU uses, to save and retrieve information.

What is the function of the hard drive?

It is the most important storage medium because it is where files are saved when working on the computer.

Is it an example of a storage device?

Pen drive

What is a file?

It is a set of data which is stored in a certain format, the file can be recorded on the computer's hard drive or
on some other storage medium.
What is a folder?

It is a space used to store documents or files on storage drives and helps organize files by name to easily
locate them

Are they programs that are introduced into our computer in a very diverse way with the aim of
damaging our information?

It's the Virus

What is the function of an antivirus

It is a program that prevents or avoids the activation of a virus as well as its programming.

What is the internet?

It is the global communications system that links thousands of individual networks and that is why it is known
as the network of networks.

Is it a series of linked and cross-referenced information available for public access?

The LAN

What can a word processor be applied to?

Creation, editing, printing

What are the advantages of using a text processor?

The documents can be saved partially so that you can use them as many times as they are necessary

What is the vertical scroll bar for?

Used to scroll through the pages of a document

What are search engines?

They store all the information they extract from the pages in their databases and when someone consults
them they manage to offer the results in milliseconds.

What are Search Engines?

These are search engines that do not have a database, so they use the database of other search engines.

What are digital encyclopedias?

They are compilations of human knowledge

What are wikis?

It is a website whose pages can be edited by multiple volunteers through the web browser

How does a single task work?

One task can be performed at a time per user

Mention 3 types of different operating systems

Mac, Linux, Windows 7

What is the flexible disk or floppy disk for?

It works through a portable medium to store and read information

What does the optical disk use to store information?

Uses lasers to record data on a plastic disk

How does a file virus work?

It infects the file with exe and .com extensions.

How does macro virus work?

It infects files that have been created with certain applications such as text documents, databases,
spreadsheets, etc.

How do Trojan horses work?

They enter the system under a different guise than their final target, the modanna virus, for example.

What is the purpose of the tables?

It is to facilitate the distribution of information that may be textual

Examples of electronic word processors

Openoffice,amipro,open Word perfect,wordperfect

What does a digital encyclopedia offer?

Offers the contents of ancient encyclopedias with a hypertext advantage

What is Wikipedia?

The queen of cooperative encyclopedias

What is .com encyclopedia?

It is a portal for encyclopedias in the English language that searches

What is wikilearning.com?

It is a unit that also works through wikis

What is a biografiasyvidas.com?

It is a very functional design page that offers a wide variety of biographies

What is a wiki?

It is a web system whose pages can be edited by multiple volunteers through the web browser

Examples of wikis
Wikipedia, wiki books, wikictionary, wikivercity, wiki news,

What are the applications that are counted on the internet?

Email, chat, blogs, discussion forums, social networks.

What are smileys?

They were born to express feelings things that are computer letters that are cold are very difficult to express

How are files classified?

Audio, video, tablets, images, text

What is a directory for?

Allows you to search for information by separating topics into general categories after the category or
subcategory is selected

What does internet mean?

It comes from the same name inter connected net Works which means interconnection of networks.

What is the function of the host computer?

It is a network server which provides services to other computers that connect to the

Is it the central structure that connects to other network elements?

Trunk network

In what year was the website created and by whom?

By Tim Berners-Lee in 1991

What does web mean in English?

It means spider web

What does it means www?

World Wide Web

What is the purpose of tables in a document?

It is to facilitate the distribution of information that can be textual, numbered or even graphic.

How many types of blogs are there?

Eight thematic blog, personal, photoblog, videoblog, audioblog, moblog, splog, boboblog

What is the phenomenon that currently dominates the internet service?

The web 2.0

In what year was the original arpanet closed?

in 1990 and government funding for NSFNET ceased to exist in 1995

In what year did IBM introduce the 305 RAMAC that stored data on a hard drive?

In 1956

In what year does Microsoft Corp. release version 5 of its Internet Explore?

In 1999

In what year was the first COMPAQ portable or laptop born?

In 1983

What is programming software used for?

It brings together the programs used by professionals who are dedicated to creating new programs

What are systems software made up of?

It is made up of programs that are responsible for controlling, coordinating and managing all the hardware.

What devices does it have hardware?

Input, output, storage device

Mention 3 hardware output devices

Monitor, printer, speakers

What are the types of general purpose software?

Word processor, electronic spreadsheets, graphics manager, database administrator, communications

manager.

What is paint?

It is a drawing tool that you can use to create simple or complicated drawings.

What are the tokens for?

They allow you to select different sets of options within the same dialog box.

What is an icon?

Used to represent items such as computers disk drives printer applications files or recycling stationery.

What is the taskbar?

It shows us information about the open applications in the environment and other system details such as the
current time

What is the menu button like?

It's a button with the Windows logo

Where are the application buttons located?

They are located within the taskbar

What does the toolbar do?

Allows you to quickly configure the language and type of keyboard used on the computer

What is a program?

A software package is an electronic word processor

What do application windows represent?

They represent the support of the utilities that are used in the environment

What is a CD?

It is an information storage device

What is the function of the DVD?

It has a recorder and video and sounds function

What are search engines for?

They allow you to find information by writing one or more words

What is a browser?

It is in charge of interpreting the HTM code, that is, showing the fonts, colors and arrangement of texts

How does the browser work?

It is basic just by entering the URL of the page

What is the directory for?

Allows you to search for information by separating topics into general categories

In what year was the first COMPAQ portable or laptop born?

In 1983

What is the function of the host computer?

It is a network server which provides services to other computers that connect to the

What is an electronic word processor?

Allows you to view the information on a web page on computers

Is it a program that allows you to manipulate, create, modify, design, save and print texts or
documents?

What is called a social structure in which it is made up of a group of people who are connected by one or
several types of relationships such as friendship, etc.

What is web 2.0?

It is the evolutionary representation of traditional applications focused on the end user.

What is Wikipedia?

She is the queen of cooperative encyclopedias

How does worm antivirus work?

These reproduce themselves and do not require an executable host program.

In what year did IBM introduce the 300th RAMAC that stored data on a hard drive?

In 1956

What is the save option for?

It is used to store a document

How does a file virus work?

It infects the file with exe and .com extensions.

How does the boot virus work?

It affects a part of the disk called the boot sector, where information about its characteristics is stored.

What is an email?

It is a service to exchange messages through a network of computers connected to the Internet.

Are they a text-based form of real-time communication between two or more people?

Instant message

What is blog?

It is the web page written in the form of a diary where one or more people write about a specific topic

What is a search engine?

It is the tool that allows you to locate information on the Internet from words that are entered into the search
engine.

What are gadgets?

They are special miniature applications that can be placed on the Windows desktop

What are digital encyclopedias?

They are compilations of human knowledge

What does the optical disk use to store information?

Uses lasers to record data on a plastic disk

What is an icon?

Used to represent items such as computers disk drives printer applications files or recycling stationery.
What is a browser?

They are those that allow you to browse the Internet, they are applications that can be installed on a
computer to access the Internet.

What is a search engine?

They are the programs or applications.

What is a browser for?

They are the ones that allow you to browse the Internet.

What is a search engine for?

Where we can see various page addresses.

Mention 4 examples of browsers .

Mozilla Firefox, google, opera, safari.

Mention 4 examples of search engines.

Yahoo, terra, altavista, webcrauler

What is the difference between a browser and a search engine?

That in the search engine allows you to find information and in a browser it allows you to enter web pages.

What is a source of information?

Various types of documents that must obviously have coherent information are called sources of information.

How are they divided?

In two in primary and secondary

What are primary sources?

They contain new and original information.

What are secondary sources?

They contain organized information.

Mention examples of primary sources.

They are results of good intellectual work.

Mention examples of secondary sources.

Product analysis, extraction.

What are copyrights?

They are a set of rules that the law gives to authors.

What type of works does the state protect?

Literary, music or with or without lyrics, dramatic dance among others.

What is piracy?

A copyright infringement.

What is counterfeiting?

It is a conscious act in the creation or modification of certain documents.

What things can be faked?

Public or private documents, coins, bills or other values.

What is plagiarism?

The action of copying other people's works in substance.

What does the word copy mean?

It is called copying to create something that is already done and do it the same.

In your own words explain what the characteristics of piracy, forgery and plagiarism are.

They all have a word that describes them as copying each other's works.

What can we fake?

Public or private documents, coins, bills or other securities.

How are browsers used?

Through web pages

How are search engines used?

Having keywords to obtain the web.

What advantages do browsers have?

That we can search faster for what we are looking for.

What are the disadvantages of browsers?

That sometimes you don't find what you're looking for.

What advantage do search engines have?

Makes it easy to find some information.

What disadvantage do search engines have?

That sometimes they are very slow.

Why is it favorable to have copyright?

Because that's how you recognize who created it.

What disadvantage do information sources have?

That may contain information that is copied from some information source.

What advantage do information sources have?

Which shows coherent information.

Mentions some type of commercial software.

Windows

What are the disadvantages of commercial software?

It can have a very high cost.

What disadvantage does free software have?

Which is not always complete.

Mention some type of free software.

Linux.

What advantage does commercial software have?

Which is much more complete than free software.

What advantage does free software have?

Which is easy to get.

What are links?

A short way to fill out a given page.

What is the hardware?

The physicality of a computer equipment.

What are mobile phones for?

To call people and send messages, etc.

In what year was the first mobile phone made?

In 1949 at the end of the Second World War.

How many generations has it had?

4 (1g 2g 3g and 4g)

What is cloud navigation?

A way to browse the Internet through applications.

What types of applications can be downloaded from the cloud?

Dropbox, which is used to store things on the Internet.

How can you enter the cloud?

Through applications they use on the Internet.

What is the most used browser?

Google Chrome