WGU C963 TFN1 TASK 3 CIVIL LIBERTIES
BALANCE AND SUPREME COURT
INTERPRETATION 2026 STUDY GUIDE
◉ A collection of computers and resources CONNECTED by various
media so that they can COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER.
Answer: NETWORK
◉ Systems Software and Applications Software
Answer: SOFTWARE CATEGORIES
◉ RULES provided by WHICH NETWORKS communicate with each
other
Answer: IP PROTOCOL
◉ STORES the programs BEING EXECUTED and the data they are
using.
Answer: COMPUTER MEMORY
◉ Controls THE SPEED at which instructions are processed.
Answer: SYSTEM CLOCK
,◉ Stands for Random Access Memory. It temporarily stores data
before it is processed and sent to your screen or printer. IT IS
VOLATILE (means data or information stored disappears when the
computer is turned off or loses power).
Answer: RAM
◉ Transistor components, magnetic core memory, smaller size,
easier to program, disk drives and drums, called mainframe
computers
Answer: 2nd Generation of Computers
◉ Silicon chips (known as ICs - integrated circuits), reduced cost,
called mini computers, networks introduced via dumb terminals
Answer: 3rd Generation of Computers
◉ Written for a specific machine by the engineers who built and ran
the computers; no need for OS since only one program could run at a
time
Answer: Low-level Language
◉ Easier than machine but still required detailed, precise LOW
LEVEL instructions
Answer: Assembly Language
, ◉ Function is to TRANSLATE ONE LANGUAGE TO ANOTHER; take
source code and convert it to another form; source code by itself
cannot be read by a computer
Answer: Language Translator Programs
◉ Programmer is limited to high level control constructs such as
while loops, for loops, and if/else statements and not allowed to use
primitive GOTO statements
Answer: Structured Programming
◉ A type of programming language for which most of its
implementations EXECUTES INSTRUCTIONS DIRECTLY AND
FREELY, without previously compiling a program into machine-
language instructions.
Answer: Interpreted Language (Code)
◉ Small programs that place Linux commands or DOS batch files
into a file
Answer: Shell Scripting
◉ The computer that the user is using; physically present with
Answer: Local Computer
BALANCE AND SUPREME COURT
INTERPRETATION 2026 STUDY GUIDE
◉ A collection of computers and resources CONNECTED by various
media so that they can COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER.
Answer: NETWORK
◉ Systems Software and Applications Software
Answer: SOFTWARE CATEGORIES
◉ RULES provided by WHICH NETWORKS communicate with each
other
Answer: IP PROTOCOL
◉ STORES the programs BEING EXECUTED and the data they are
using.
Answer: COMPUTER MEMORY
◉ Controls THE SPEED at which instructions are processed.
Answer: SYSTEM CLOCK
,◉ Stands for Random Access Memory. It temporarily stores data
before it is processed and sent to your screen or printer. IT IS
VOLATILE (means data or information stored disappears when the
computer is turned off or loses power).
Answer: RAM
◉ Transistor components, magnetic core memory, smaller size,
easier to program, disk drives and drums, called mainframe
computers
Answer: 2nd Generation of Computers
◉ Silicon chips (known as ICs - integrated circuits), reduced cost,
called mini computers, networks introduced via dumb terminals
Answer: 3rd Generation of Computers
◉ Written for a specific machine by the engineers who built and ran
the computers; no need for OS since only one program could run at a
time
Answer: Low-level Language
◉ Easier than machine but still required detailed, precise LOW
LEVEL instructions
Answer: Assembly Language
, ◉ Function is to TRANSLATE ONE LANGUAGE TO ANOTHER; take
source code and convert it to another form; source code by itself
cannot be read by a computer
Answer: Language Translator Programs
◉ Programmer is limited to high level control constructs such as
while loops, for loops, and if/else statements and not allowed to use
primitive GOTO statements
Answer: Structured Programming
◉ A type of programming language for which most of its
implementations EXECUTES INSTRUCTIONS DIRECTLY AND
FREELY, without previously compiling a program into machine-
language instructions.
Answer: Interpreted Language (Code)
◉ Small programs that place Linux commands or DOS batch files
into a file
Answer: Shell Scripting
◉ The computer that the user is using; physically present with
Answer: Local Computer
