Computer+Scavenger+Hunt+1

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 * || **Computer Scavenger Hunt** by Cindy O'Hora
 * ^  || 1. [|What does DVD stand for]?

1b. How many [|DVD formats] are available?

2. What is a [|dingbat]?

3. What is a [|handshake]?

4. What is a [|home page]?

5. What [|handles] can you not hold in your hand?

6. What was [|ENIAC]?

7. What contribution did [|Ada Byron] make to computing?

8. What kind of [|wafers] are used at Intel to make computer chips?

9. What do they call the [|suit] that cleanroom technicians must wear while making computer chips?

Why is the special clothing necessary?

10. What does [|modem] stand for anyway? (Search the site)

What does a modem do?

11. I think the person who coined these computer terms must have been hungry. What is a [|bit]? [|How many bits are in a byte]? Use the database [|Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing] to learn ... How many nibbles are in a byte?

12. The ARPANET 's development began in 1966. It was an experiment to connect universities so they could share information. [|What do we call this network of computers today]?

 13. In what year was the [|first World-Wide Web software] created by Tim Berners-Lee? (Hint: Use the Find command to making searching this page easier. Go Edit ...Find. Enter a keyword for what you are looking for (a name, or the word "web" for example). Click Find. To repeat the process go Edit ... Find again.)

14. Project Gutenberg puts on the Internet public domain literature and information. What was the [|first document] posted?

15. When were [|floppy disks] introduced?

16. How many [|megabytes] of data can a factory made audio CD hold?

17. Douglas Engelbart was a computer visionary of the 1960's. [|What did he invent] that you find handy?

18. What do the letters [|CD-ROM] stand for?

19. Name three [|computer peripherals].

20. What does [|GUI] (pronounced "goo-ey") mean?

21 What is an advantage of the [|Dvorak keyboard?]

22. What is a [|computer virus]?

23. How did [|Marcian Hoff's] invention change computers? Look him up using Inventor Search.

24. Apple Computer's G4 is a supercomputer because its operations can be measured in gigaflops. [|What is a gigaflop]?

25. Name a mammal, other than humans, uses a computer. (Use your online research skills to find Project Delphis)

26. This [|teacher's web page] is an example of:

27. Write home page URL (web address) of your class website. ||^  ||.

28. Go to [|freerice.com] and earn 500 points.

"If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves." ~ Thomas A. Edison