Terms

Digital Literacy

What are the 7 components of digital literacy?

1.       Identity and Wellbeing.

2.       Discovery.

3.       Evaluation.

4.       Ethics.

5.       Creativity and Scholarship.

6.       Communication and Collaboration.

7.       Curation.

o   Verification: https://sites.google.com/view/prof-noone-csit-101/unit-1/digital-literacy

Search Query

What is a search query?

Words that are typed into a search engine to get information from the internet.

o   Verification: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/search-query

Natural Language Query

What is a natural language query?

A.K.A. NLQ, allows users to access and analyze complex databases using everyday language.

o   Verification: https://www.atscale.com/glossary/natural-language-query-nlq/

Spider (World Wide Web)

What is a spider?

A.K.A. a web crawler, is an automated programmer bot used by search engines like Google and Bing to explore and catalog web content across the Internet. Its primary function is to gather content of every webpage to facilitate retrieval of that content in search results.

o   Verification: https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/bots/what-is-a-web-crawler/

Digital Footprint

What is a digital footprint?

The unique trail of data that a person or business creates while using the internet.

o   Verification: https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/digital-footprint

Computer Components

What are the 5 basic computer components?

1.       The Motherboard.

2.       The CPU (Central Processing Unit).

3.       RAM (Random Access Memory).

4.       Storage (Hard Drive or SSD).

5.       Power Supply.

o   Verification: https://sites.google.com/view/prof-noone-csit-101/unit-1/what-are-computers

SaaS

What is SaaS?

A.K.A. “Software as a Service,” is a method of software delivery and licensing in which software is accessed via a subscription.

o   Verification: https://share.google/aimode/OARCSr72U2JAJgvQq

Files

What is a file that relates to computers?

A container that stores information on your computer, they have an extension at the end.

o   Verification: https://sites.google.com/view/prof-noone-csit-101/unit-1/files-folders

File Extensions

What are file extensions?

Appears at the end of a file name, .jpg or .png are examples.

o   Verification: https://sites.google.com/view/prof-noone-csit-101/unit-1/files-folders

Zip File

What is a zip file?

A computer file whose contents of one or more files are compressed for storage or transmission; the extension is .ZIP            .

o   Verification: https://share.google/aimode/wgvi59NWsB92FBe7d

Digital Bubble

What is the digital bubble?

An echo chamber only showing content that reinforces your views.

o   Verification: https://sites.google.com/view/prof-noone-csit-101/unit-1/discovery-evaluation

Generative AI

What is generative AI?

A type of artificial intelligence that creates new content (text, images, code, music, etc.) rather than just analyzing or predicting.

o   Verification: https://sites.google.com/view/prof-noone-csit-101/unit-1/all-about-ai

Prompt

What is a prompt?

The instructions you give to an AI; the better the prompt, the better the result.

o   Verification: https://sites.google.com/view/prof-noone-csit-101/unit-1/all-about-ai

Internet vs. WWW

What is the difference between the internet and WWW?

The internet is the infrastructure; examples are cables, routers, servers, and data. The WWW (World Wide Web) is what you use on top of the internet; examples are websites, links, images, videos, and apps.

o   Verification: https://sites.google.com/view/prof-noone-csit-101/unit-1/all-about-the-internet

Browser

What is a browser?

The app you use to access the web (Chrome, Safari, Edge, etc.)

o   Verification: https://sites.google.com/view/prof-noone-csit-101/unit-1/all-about-the-internet