Name: ______________________________ Date: ___________________ Period: ______
Internet Treasure Hunt
Searching this computer hunt could make you more knowledgeable about the computer than your teacher. Use
the links to go to a site that has the answer. Type your answers in the Word document in a different, easy-toread color like green, red, dark orange, purple, etc. Remember to save your completed document on your
webpage.
1. What does DVD stand for? DVD Does not stand for anything
2. What is a dingbat? Special characters like stars hands and arrows
Give an example of a use for these special font characters. To pint at something (Arrow)
3. What is a handshake? The Shaking of hands
4. What is a home page? An introductory screen on the World Wide Web
5. What handles can you not hold in your hand?
Little squares at the edges and corners of a selected graphic on your screen
6. What kind of wafers are used at Intel to make computer chips? fasten or seal (a letter, document, etc.)
with a wafer
7. What is a modem? The modem is a peripheral device for computers which allows 2 computers to
communicate over standard phone lines.
8. What does modem stand for anyway? modulator-demodulator
9. In what year was the first World-Wide Web software created by Tim Berners-Lee? (Hint search in the
timeline only) 1990
10. Project Gutenberg puts on the Internet public domain literature and information.
What was the first document posted? 1971
11. When were floppy disks introduced? (hint they were first called magnetic disks) They became
commercially available in 1971.
12. What do the letters CD-ROM stand for? a compact disc used as a read-only optical memory device
for a computer system
13. Name three computer peripherals. Any external device that plugs into your computer, such as a
printer, modem, scanner, or tape drive.
14. What is an advantage of the Dvorak keyboard? The Dvorak keyboard layout is a free control panel option
on every modern computer
15. What is a computer virus? a piece of code that is capable of copying itself and typically has a
detrimental effect, such as corrupting the system or destroying data
16. How do you enter a © (copyright symbol) in a Word document? © alt+ctrl+C
17.What is a byte? a group of binary digits or bits (usually eight) operated on as a unit
18. What is a kilobyte? a unit of memory or data equal to 1,024 (210) bytes
19. What is a megabyte? a unit of information equal to 220 bytes or, loosely, one million bytes.
20. What is a gigabyte? a unit of information equal to one billion (109) or, strictly, 230 bytes
21. What is a terabyte? a unit of information equal to one million million (1012) or strictly, 240 bytes
22. How many megabytes of data can a factory made audio CD hold? A CD is 650-750 megabytes, typically
around 700 MB
23. Which is older: you or the World Wide Web? The world wide web
By how much? 9 yrs
24. USB flash drives have replaced floppy disks. What is a USB flash drive? A device that holds memory
25. What is a computer virus? a piece of code that is capable of copying itself and typically has a detrimental
effect, such as corrupting the system or destroying data
26. Name three computer peripherals. Any external device that plugs into your computer, such as a printer,
modem, scanner, or tape drive.
27. Apple Computer's G4 is a supercomputer because its operations can be measured in gigaflops.
What is a gigaflop? A measure of computing speed equal to one billion floating-point operations per second.
28. What is spyware? What does it do? software that enables a user to obtain covert information about
another's computer activities by transmitting data covertly from their hard drive.
29. List two search engines for finding images: www.google.com www.bing.com
30. What is a domain name? The DNS makes it easier by allowing a familiar string of letters
31. Why should you "Post to be Private" in social networking sites? so people don’t hack you.
"Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months." Clifford Stoll