Computer Scavenger Hunt by Cindy O'Hora
Searching this computer hunt could make you more knowledgeable
about the computer than your teacher. Go for it!
Bookmark this page. Use
the links to go to a site that has the answer. Use the Bookmark to return to the hunt web page.
If a link is broken, use your online searching skills to find information that will help you answer the question.
1. Describe the 4 components all computers have in common.
2. What is a dingbat?
Give an example of a use for these special font characters.
How do you enter a © (copyright symbol) in a Word document?
3. What is a handshake?
4. What is a home page?
Enter the home page address (URL) of your school or your local government's web site.
5. What handles can you not hold in your hand?
6. What was ENIAC?
7. What contribution did Ada Byron make to computing?
8. What kind of wafers are used at Intel to make computer chips? Be specific!
9. What do they call the suit that cleanroom technicians must wear while making computer chips?
Why is the special clothing necessary?
10. What does modem stand for anyway? (Search the Webopedia site)
What does a modem do?
11. I think the person who coined these computer terms must have been hungry.
What is a bit?
Use the database Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing to learn ...
How many nibbles are in a byte?
12. The ARPANET 's development began in 1966. It was an
experiment to connect universities so
they could share information. What
do we call this network of computers today?
13. In what year was the first
World-Wide Web software created by Tim Berners-Lee?
(Hint:
Use the Find command to making searching this page easier. Go Edit ...Find.
Enter a keyword for what you are looking for (a name, or the word "web"
for example).
Click Find. To repeat the process go Edit ... Find again.)
14. Project Gutenberg puts on the Internet public domain
literature and information.
What was the first
document posted?
15. When were floppy disks introduced?
Do you use floppy disks today?
16. How many megabytes of data can a factory made audio CD hold?
Which can hold more information - a CD, a DVD, a USB thumb drive, a portable media player?
17. Douglas Engelbart was a computer visionary of the
1960's.
What
did he invent that you find handy?
18. What is a computer virus?
19. Name three computer peripherals.
20. What does GUI (pronounced "goo-ey") mean?
21 What is an advantage of the Dvorak keyboard?
22. How did Marcian Hoff's invention change computers? Look him up using Inventor Search.
Do all computers include one of his inventions?
23. Apple Computer's G4 is a supercomputer because its
operations can be measured in gigaflops.
What
is a gigaflop?
24. Name a mammal, other than humans, uses a computer. (Use your online research skills to find Project Delphis)
25. This teacher's web page is an example of:
Explore further
Consider the Power of Possibilities through Andreessen's eye
Thinking it through - writing a process
"If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves." ~ Thomas A. Edison
Extensions:
| Discover the ins and outs of a laser printer | Learn about the history of the Internet: Hobbes' Internet Timeline |
| Learn about some of the people who have advanced computing | Have a computer term you'd like to learn more about? Look here |
| Email Savvy Internet Hunt | Information Literacy - web & print resources |
| Basics of the Internet activity | Information Literacy - Keyword searching |
| Computer Insides - Out Hunt | Information Literacy - Boolean Searching |
| Database Internet Hunt | Web 2.0 - what is it? |
| The Revolutionaries | Are you 21st Century Literate? |
| Intel's Visual Ranking tool | Life Around Here Digital Storytelling Project |
| Roadrunner the world's fastest computer | Design and Discovery - engineering through design |
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use. Revised 5/2009, originally posted 9/6/99 / FAQ 
Save a tree - use a Digital Answer Format - Highlight the text. Copy it. Paste it in a word processing document. Save the document in your folder. Answer on the word processing document in a contrasting color (not yellow) or font (avoid Symbol, 
, 
or other ornate artistic fonts). Save frequently as you work. Enter your name and the date in a header. Submit the assignment via a class dropbox or an email attachment. Bad things happen. Save a copy of your document in your computer. Perhaps you have the resources to record verbal answers. If you do, be sure to first read / record the question. Then record the answer immediately after it.