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?
What is a byte?
What is a kilobyte?
What is a megabyte?
What is a gigabyte?
What is a terabyte?
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.)
Which is older? You or the World Wide Web?
14. Project Gutenberg puts on the Internet public domain
literature and information.
What was the first
document posted?
15. USB flash drives have replaced floppy disks.
What is a USB flash drive?
Think about it - Give an example of a use for one.
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:
"If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves." ~ Thomas A. Edison
Explore further
Consider the Power of Possibilities through Andreessen's eye
Thinking it through - writing a process
Tech Tip: Working in a group or in two different places like the library & home? You do not have to be physically together to work together. You do not have to take paper based notes at the library and digitalize them at home.
Watch Google Docs video TAI - How could you use free, Google Docs to do a project?
How could this facilitate a group project or a research project you are working on in two different places?
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 |
| What is Digital - The Futures Channel | Design and Discovery - engineering through design |
| Learning Computers webquest | Bloggez- vous? Should you build a blog? |
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Revised 11/2012, 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. Proof your responses. It is funny how speling errors and typeos sneak in to the bets work. 