Technology in Action, 17e Chapter 1
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1. CS: Computer Science
2. X: second area of study that blends with computer technology. ex: Music, archae-
ology
3. social media: websites or apps that allow users to create and share content and/
or participate in social networking with others
4. social media platforms: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram
5. bot accounts: automated programs retweeting new stories and quotes, have
been used to create discord around controverisal topics
6. crisis-mapping tool: A tool that collects information from e-mails, text messages,
blog posts, and Twitter tweets and maps them, making the information instantly
publicly available.
7. Ushahidi: web platform created in Kenya by female entrepreneur Ory Okolloh that
allows people to report and update news universally from phones and computers
8. digital divide: the gulf between those who have ready access to computers and
the Internet, and those who do not.
9. Web 2.0: Tools and web-based services that emphasize online collaboration and
sharing among users, allowing people to offer their own work for free
10. Cognitive Surplus: The combination of leisure time and the tools needed to be
creative.
11. Crowdfunding: raising money for a project or venture by obtaining many small
amounts of money from many people, generating capital to start a business through
social media
12. Crowdsourcing: obtain (information or input into a particular task or project) by
enlisting the services of a number of people, either paid or unpaid, typically via the
Internet.
13. collaborative consumption: joining together as a group to use a specific prod-
uct more efficiently
14. computer literate: Being familiar enough with computers that a user knows how
to use them and understands their capabilities and limitations.
15. What does it mean to be computer literate?: -avoid falling prey to hackers &
viruses
-protect yourself from identity theft
-sperate the real privacy & security risks from things you don't have to worry about
-use the web effectively
-avoid being overwhelmed by spam, adware & spyware
diagnose & fix problems
16. Spam: unwanted e-mail (usually of a commercial nature sent out in bulk)
17. software: A program or instructions that give directions to the computer.
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18. Automated bot accounts use social media
A. to help humans who are busy
B. in some countries but they are illegal in the US
C. responsibly
D. to manipulate opinion by posting news stories and quotes massive num-
bers of times: D. to manipulate opinion by posting news stories and quotes massive
numbers of times
19. The digital divide occurred because
A. crowdfunding is increasing
B. not everyone has equal access to the internet
C. everyone now has a smartphone
D. the US has the fastest internet access: B. not everyone has equal access to
the internet
20. Cognitive surplus means that we now find people with
A. limited access to the internet
B. mobile devices
C. excess time and free tools for collaboration
D. more money than free time: C. excess time and free tools for collaboration
21. Bing computer literate means that you can
A. use computers efficiently and safely
B. read about computers
C. use Twitter.
D. program in Java: A. use computers efficiently and safely
22. Collaborative consumption is when people get together to
A. exchange reviews on services and goods they have purchased
B. find the best prices on products
C. increase the use of a single product by sharing access to it
D. fight disease of the respiratory tract.: C. increase the use of a single product
by sharing access to it
23. intelligence: the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills
24. Characteristics that make human intelligent: -learning from experiences
-using reasoning
-solving problems
-using language
25. artificial intelligence: A branch of computer science with the focus on how to
endow computers with capabilities of human intelligence. Can be seen as an attempt
to model aspects of human thought on computers
26. Natural Language Processing (NLP): the ability of a computer system to
understand written and spoken human language
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Study online at https://quizlet.com/_c68bdt
1. CS: Computer Science
2. X: second area of study that blends with computer technology. ex: Music, archae-
ology
3. social media: websites or apps that allow users to create and share content and/
or participate in social networking with others
4. social media platforms: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram
5. bot accounts: automated programs retweeting new stories and quotes, have
been used to create discord around controverisal topics
6. crisis-mapping tool: A tool that collects information from e-mails, text messages,
blog posts, and Twitter tweets and maps them, making the information instantly
publicly available.
7. Ushahidi: web platform created in Kenya by female entrepreneur Ory Okolloh that
allows people to report and update news universally from phones and computers
8. digital divide: the gulf between those who have ready access to computers and
the Internet, and those who do not.
9. Web 2.0: Tools and web-based services that emphasize online collaboration and
sharing among users, allowing people to offer their own work for free
10. Cognitive Surplus: The combination of leisure time and the tools needed to be
creative.
11. Crowdfunding: raising money for a project or venture by obtaining many small
amounts of money from many people, generating capital to start a business through
social media
12. Crowdsourcing: obtain (information or input into a particular task or project) by
enlisting the services of a number of people, either paid or unpaid, typically via the
Internet.
13. collaborative consumption: joining together as a group to use a specific prod-
uct more efficiently
14. computer literate: Being familiar enough with computers that a user knows how
to use them and understands their capabilities and limitations.
15. What does it mean to be computer literate?: -avoid falling prey to hackers &
viruses
-protect yourself from identity theft
-sperate the real privacy & security risks from things you don't have to worry about
-use the web effectively
-avoid being overwhelmed by spam, adware & spyware
diagnose & fix problems
16. Spam: unwanted e-mail (usually of a commercial nature sent out in bulk)
17. software: A program or instructions that give directions to the computer.
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, Technology in Action, 17e Chapter 1
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_c68bdt
18. Automated bot accounts use social media
A. to help humans who are busy
B. in some countries but they are illegal in the US
C. responsibly
D. to manipulate opinion by posting news stories and quotes massive num-
bers of times: D. to manipulate opinion by posting news stories and quotes massive
numbers of times
19. The digital divide occurred because
A. crowdfunding is increasing
B. not everyone has equal access to the internet
C. everyone now has a smartphone
D. the US has the fastest internet access: B. not everyone has equal access to
the internet
20. Cognitive surplus means that we now find people with
A. limited access to the internet
B. mobile devices
C. excess time and free tools for collaboration
D. more money than free time: C. excess time and free tools for collaboration
21. Bing computer literate means that you can
A. use computers efficiently and safely
B. read about computers
C. use Twitter.
D. program in Java: A. use computers efficiently and safely
22. Collaborative consumption is when people get together to
A. exchange reviews on services and goods they have purchased
B. find the best prices on products
C. increase the use of a single product by sharing access to it
D. fight disease of the respiratory tract.: C. increase the use of a single product
by sharing access to it
23. intelligence: the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills
24. Characteristics that make human intelligent: -learning from experiences
-using reasoning
-solving problems
-using language
25. artificial intelligence: A branch of computer science with the focus on how to
endow computers with capabilities of human intelligence. Can be seen as an attempt
to model aspects of human thought on computers
26. Natural Language Processing (NLP): the ability of a computer system to
understand written and spoken human language
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