INSY 2303- TA QUIZ QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
LCD - ANSWER-(Liquid Crystal Display)
Technology used for flat panel computer screens typically found on laptop
computers.
LED - ANSWER-(Light Emitting Diode)
Either a display technology that uses LEDs to produce an image on the screen, or
one that uses LEDs as backlighting.
MAC address - ANSWER-(Media Access Control Address)
A unique identifier similar to a serial number assigned to networking equipment at
the time of manufacture.
Machine Language - ANSWER-A low-level language written in binary code that the
computer can execute directly.
Magnetic Storage - ANSWER-A technology for recording data onto disks or tape by
magnetizing particles of an oxide-based surface coating.
MAN - ANSWER-(Metropolitan Area Network) is a computer network that
interconnects users with computer resources in a geographic area or region larger
than that covered by even a large local area network (LAN) but smaller than the area
covered by a wide area network (WAN).
Microprocessor Clock - ANSWER-A timing signal that sets the pace for executing
instructions in a microprocessor.
e.g. 3.4GHz
OCR - ANSWER-(Optical Character Recognition)
The ability of a device or software to digitize text from printed sources.
MPEG - ANSWER-(Moving Picture Experts Group)
A family of highly compressed container file formats and codecs for digital
multimedia; MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and MPEG-4.
Network Topology - ANSWER-The physical structure (layout) of a network including
its devices and connections.
GIF - ANSWER-(Graphics Interchange Format)
A bitmap graphics file format, popularized by CompuServe, for use on the Web.
Handshake - ANSWER-A process where a protocol helps two network devices
communicate.
IPv4 - ANSWER-(Internet Protocol version 4)
ANSWERS
LCD - ANSWER-(Liquid Crystal Display)
Technology used for flat panel computer screens typically found on laptop
computers.
LED - ANSWER-(Light Emitting Diode)
Either a display technology that uses LEDs to produce an image on the screen, or
one that uses LEDs as backlighting.
MAC address - ANSWER-(Media Access Control Address)
A unique identifier similar to a serial number assigned to networking equipment at
the time of manufacture.
Machine Language - ANSWER-A low-level language written in binary code that the
computer can execute directly.
Magnetic Storage - ANSWER-A technology for recording data onto disks or tape by
magnetizing particles of an oxide-based surface coating.
MAN - ANSWER-(Metropolitan Area Network) is a computer network that
interconnects users with computer resources in a geographic area or region larger
than that covered by even a large local area network (LAN) but smaller than the area
covered by a wide area network (WAN).
Microprocessor Clock - ANSWER-A timing signal that sets the pace for executing
instructions in a microprocessor.
e.g. 3.4GHz
OCR - ANSWER-(Optical Character Recognition)
The ability of a device or software to digitize text from printed sources.
MPEG - ANSWER-(Moving Picture Experts Group)
A family of highly compressed container file formats and codecs for digital
multimedia; MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and MPEG-4.
Network Topology - ANSWER-The physical structure (layout) of a network including
its devices and connections.
GIF - ANSWER-(Graphics Interchange Format)
A bitmap graphics file format, popularized by CompuServe, for use on the Web.
Handshake - ANSWER-A process where a protocol helps two network devices
communicate.
IPv4 - ANSWER-(Internet Protocol version 4)
