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  • This quiz has been taken 44 times
  • The average score is 11 of 18

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QuestionAnswer% Correct
What tech company, also based in the United States, created the macOS operating system?Apple Inc.
92%
What numbering system does a computer use?Binary
92%
What word can refer to either a kind of pathogen or a type of malicious computer program?Virus
92%
What American tech company developed the Windows operating system?Microsoft
89%
What device allows you to move the cursor and click buttons on the computer screen?a {Mouse}
86%
What does the P in CPU stand for?Processing
86%
What is made up of 8 bits?a {Byte}
78%
What is the name for any computer app that allows you to surf the web? (Hint: you're using one right now!)Web {Browser}
73%
What word, starting with B, is used to refer to an error in a computer program?Bug
70%
What is the most common app for editing plain text documents on Windows computers?Notepad
54%
Computers count time using a numerical value called "Unix time", which represents the number of seconds since the first day of a certain year. Which year is that?1970
41%
What operating system, also made by the above, enabled communication with computers using text commands?MS-DOS
41%
Computers these days are capable of recording videos using a certain device. What is it?a {Webcam}
38%
What is the generic term for all the pictures, videos and audio files stored on a computer?{Media} files
38%
What phrase is used by computer programmers to mean that if you give a computer nonsensical input, it will also give you nonsensical output?{Garbage} in, {garbage} out
35%
What standard for character encoding is generally followed by computer programs?{ASCII} code
30%
And what about on Macintosh computers?TextEdit
22%
What device, introduced in 1946, is generally considered the first computer ever?ENIAC
14%

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