Tech+Scavenger+Hunts


 * **Computer Scavenger Hunt**

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]?

[|How many bits are in a byte]?

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.)

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. ||^  ||