Anticipation Guide

• Statement: As long as I could check my email and surf the web, I am computer literate.  

• Answer: Disagree  

• Statement: All computer systems are basically alike on the inside.  

• Answer: Agree  

• Statement: Peer to peer networks are a great way to share all kinds of files.  

• Answer: Disagree

• Statement: Open source software is the wave of the future.  Soon it won't matter what kind of machine a person has because everything will be open source and easily translatable from one operating system to another. 

• Answer: I agree and disagree to different parts of the statement 

• Statement: Although computer programmers should focus on learning the very latest programming languages, older programs written in languages like C are still important to learn. 

• Answer: Agree  

• Statement: Unrestricted access to technology is a fundamental human right.   

• Answer: Disagree 

• Statement: If I get a job in the computer industry, I will never have to worry about being unemployed. 

• Answer: Disagree

Trends and Factors

What 3 trends do you see in computer evolution? AND Why?
~Simplified layout: I believe more programs and devices are going for a simpler layout because it is more attractive to the customer.
~Smaller computers: Again with the customer preferences, most people want their computer to be portable, smaller computers are easier to haul around.
~Quicker Processors: Humans can be a very impatient species and everybody wants their information to be displayed quickly.

Name 3 factors that drive technological innovation?

~Competition: With so many companies rivaling to make money and stay number one, the only way to do that is to keep pushing technology to the limits.

~Dissatisfaction: When the client is unhappy with a certain aspect of, or maybe the whole machine, the provider will strive to make a more desirable product.

~Curiosity/ the drive for more: We are always asking ourselves if there is a way we could do more, for example, turn a tablet into a laptop and vice versa, write on the screen, increase the battery life, etc. 

True Or False

1. Statement: The first computer programer was a woman.
• True (Ada Lovelace)
2. Statement: The first computer was built in 1975.
• False (ENIA 1943-1946) 
3. Statement: Apple made the world's first user-friendly personal computer.
• True
4. Statement: Binary numbers are counted by twos.
• False (0s and 1s)
5. Statement: A notebook computer is the same as a laptop computer.
• True (For the most part)
6. Statement: Computers come in only three sizes; desktop, notebook and tablet.
• False (Mobile Devices)
7. Statement: All PC's use the microsoft windows operating system.
• False (Linux)
8. Statement: People with a lot of data often own their own mainframe computer.
• False 
9. Statement: Most modern supercomputers are made up of a cluster of computers
• True