Digital Technologies: Assignment 1 (Network Traffic Sniffing Using Kali Linux)
Digital Literacy - (answer)Also called computer literacy, involves having a current knowledge and
understanding of computers, mobile devices, the web and related technologies.
Computer - (answer)An electronic device, operating under the control of instructions stored in its own
memory, that can accept data, process the data you produce information and store the information for
future use.
Data - (answer)Raw facts such as text or numbers.
Hardware - (answer)The device itself and its components, such as wires, cases, switches and electronic
circuits.
Software - (answer)Programs and apps that instruct the computer to perform tasks.
Information - (answer)Data that is processed to become meaningful.
Vacuum tubes - (answer)Cylindrical glass tubes that controlled the flow of electrons, used in the first
generation of computers.
Transistors - (answer)Smaller, cheaper and more reliable replacement for vacuum tubes in the second
generation of computers.
Integrated circuits - (answer)Developed in the 1960s, packed the equivalent of thousands of vacuum
tubes or transistors into a silicon chip about the size of your thumb.
Microprocessor - (answer)A chip that contains a central processing unit; also called the brains of the
computer.
Personal computer - (answer)A computer meant for personal use.
Digital Literacy - (answer)Also called computer literacy, involves having a current knowledge and
understanding of computers, mobile devices, the web and related technologies.
Computer - (answer)An electronic device, operating under the control of instructions stored in its own
memory, that can accept data, process the data you produce information and store the information for
future use.
Data - (answer)Raw facts such as text or numbers.
Hardware - (answer)The device itself and its components, such as wires, cases, switches and electronic
circuits.
Software - (answer)Programs and apps that instruct the computer to perform tasks.
Information - (answer)Data that is processed to become meaningful.
Vacuum tubes - (answer)Cylindrical glass tubes that controlled the flow of electrons, used in the first
generation of computers.
Transistors - (answer)Smaller, cheaper and more reliable replacement for vacuum tubes in the second
generation of computers.
Integrated circuits - (answer)Developed in the 1960s, packed the equivalent of thousands of vacuum
tubes or transistors into a silicon chip about the size of your thumb.
Microprocessor - (answer)A chip that contains a central processing unit; also called the brains of the
computer.
Personal computer - (answer)A computer meant for personal use.
