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Computing Essentials
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What is the process of automatically analyzing the behavior of computer programs for safety?
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Analysis
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What does bandwidth refer to in the context of data transmission?
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Data transmission rate
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What is the Basic Input-Output System (BIOS)?
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Special firmware stored in a chip on the computer's motherboard that runs first every time you turn on the computer
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What is firmware in computing?
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Software embedded in hardware devices to control how they function
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How is a bitmap represented?
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As a two-dimensional array of brightness values for pixels
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What is a Boolean in logic?
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A system relating to a combinatorial system devised by George Boole that combines propositions with logical operators AND, OR, IF THEN, EXCEPT, and NOT
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What is cloaking in web development?
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A technique to deliver content on a web page to a search engine in such a way that different content than what is delivered to a regular human user appears on the search engine
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What does CMOS stand for and where is it stored?
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Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor; an on-board, battery powered semiconductor to your BIOS configuration that stores information; settings are not stored on the BIOS chip itself but on CMOS
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What is coding?
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Creating commands or algorithms designed to be carried out by a computer
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What is a computational artifact?
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Anything created by a human using a computer, e.g., program, image, audio, video, presentation, or web page file
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What are thought processes involved in formulating a problem and expressing its solution(s) so a computer-human or machine can effectively carry it out?
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Computational Thinking
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What is a Cyclical Redundancy Check?
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A code added to data that is used to detect errors occurring during cyclical redundancy transmission, storage, or retrieval
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What are data models?
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The analysis of data objects and their relationships with other data objects; often the first step in database design
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What are database relationships?
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A situation existing between two relational database tables; one table has a foreign key that references the primary key of the other table; relationships allow relational databases to split and store data in different tables while linking disparate data items
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What is the process of taking encoded or encrypted text and converting it back into text that you or the computer can read and understand?
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Decryption
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What does polymorphic refer to in programming?
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Allowing routines to use variables of different types at different times
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What is pseudocode?
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Detailed yet readable description of what a computer program or algorithm must do, expressed in a formally styled natural language rather than a programming language; sometimes used as a detailed step in developing a program
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What is Random Access Memory (RAM), also known as Stored Temp?
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The most common computer memory used by programs to perform necessary tasks
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What is a record?
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A collection of data items arranged for processing by a program; multiple records contained in a file or data set
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What is robotics?
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Branch of technology that deals with the design, construction, operation, and application (use) of robots
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What is source code?
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Any collection of computer instructions, possibly with comments, written using a human-readable programming language, usually as plain text; contains variable declarations, instructions, functions, loops, and other statements that tell the program how to function
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What is SQL?
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Structured Query Language used to communicate with a database
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What is a table in databases?
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An arrangement of information in rows and columns containing cells that make comparing information easier
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What is a variable?
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A placeholder for a piece of information that can change
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What is a vector?
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A type of array that is one dimensional; a logical element in programming languages used for storing data
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What are webpages?
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A document commonly written in HyperText Markup Language (HTML) that is accessible through the Internet or other network using an Internet browser
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What does a bit represent?
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Single numeral digit being a 0 or 1 in the binary format
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What does adding one more number to a bit create?
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2x - Singular digit being a 0 or 1 in the Binary format
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What is a tuple?
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Ordered, immutable collection of elements enclosed in () and separated
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What is a callback?
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Function passed as an argument to another function, later being called back to perform another action on the results of the original function or an event