[CIS 1200] - Midterm Exam Guide - Ultimate 13 pages long Study Guide!

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Computing and Information Science
• Course: CIS 1200
• Professor: John Saville

Document Summary

Maxicode: a specifically designed, scannable sticker that resembles an inkblot and contains all the important information about a mail package. Media computer: is the nerve center of any digital home, allowing you to interface with all the different digital devices you have connected to the network. Tv tuner: allows computer to receive television channels from a cable connection and display them on the computer monitor. Mit eyeball chip: retinal implant that may restore partial vision. Verichip: rice-grain sized personal id chip implanted under skin. Nano: one billionth of a meter nanostructures represent the smallest human-made structures that can be built. Binary language: consists of just two digits (0 and 1); 8 binary digits = 1 byte. Byte < megabyte < gigabyte < terabyte < petabyte < exabyte < zettabyte. Mainframe: large, expensive computer that supports hundreds of users simultaneously. Supercomputer: specially designed computer that can perform complex calculations extremely rapidly.