Day: May 4, 2022

Response to text: Computers pt.2

Computers Pt. 2

Highlight the correct answer, or type in what you think is correct.

 

  1. What is the name of the inventor of the first computer?

 

  1. a) Charlie Babbage 
  2. b) Charles Cabbage
  3. c) Charlie Cabbage
  4. d) Charles Babbage

 

  1. In the first electronic computers, what were the electronic switching devices called? 

 

  1. a) Vacuum Cleaners        b) Transistors
  2. c) Vacuum Tubes     d) Microprocessors

 

  1. What is the language of 1s and 0s that computers are able to understand called?

 

  1. a) English           b) Javascript
  2. c) Binary Code d) None of the above

 

  1. Rearrange the letters of DOG in binary code to read GOD? Put the Binary Code below

 

G) 01100111 O) 11110110 D) 00100110

 

  1. True or False: The first electronic computers cost millions of dollars.

 

  1. a) True b) False

 

  1. Which piece of hardware made personal computers possible, and more affordable in the 1960s?

 

  1. a) CPUs b) Transistors
  2. c) Vacuum Tubes d) Motherboards

 

WORD DEFINITION YOUR OWN SENTENCE
mechanical Mechanical means a device that is operated by a Machine My chromebook is Mechinaical.
complex consisting of many different and connected parts. My new phone is a very nice complex phone.
coding the process of assigning a code to something I use scratch to code my own animation.

 

  1. Explain: What do you think computers of the future will be like? What will be different from our computers now?

 

→Computers will be virtual and will float in the air so you won’t have to hold it.

Response to text – Computers pt.1

Computers Pt. 1

Highlight the correct answer, or type in what you think is correct.

 

  1. What is the huge network that connects computers around the world called?

 

  1. a) Google 
  2. b) Intranet
  3. c) Internet
  4. d) Bitcoin

 

  1. What is “hardware”? 

 

  1. a) The physical parts of a computer      b) A new game from Activision
  2. c) The programs used to run a computer       d) None of the above

 

  1. Which piece of hardware works as the computer’s “brain”?

 

  1. a) Hard Drive           b) Modem
  2. c) Microprocessor d) Keyboard & Mouse

 

  1. What are some examples of output devices?

 

Monitor

Printer 

Speaker 

Projector

  1. True or False: There is a computer in your family car.

 

  1. a) True b) False

 

  1. Which devices, starting with the letter A, are used to send signals without wires?

 

  1. a) Apple b) Antennae
  2. c) Aristocrats d) Applications

 

WORD DEFINITION YOUR OWN SENTENCE
network A system of connected Computers. My family and I can’t connect to the network.
software the programs and other operating information used by a computer. My computer uses a Software.
data facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis My phone had run out of Data at the gas station.

 

  1. Explain: What do you think life would be like with no computers?

 

→ it would stop cyberbullying.