- A "FLOATING POINT ACCELERATOR" IS A DEVICE THAT _____.   IMPROVES COMPUTER PERFORMANCE BY TAKING OVER SOME ARITHMETICAL OPERATIONS FROM THE CENTRAL PROCESSOR

- A "WINSOCK" IS THE NAME FOR _____.   A TCP/IP INTERFACE UNDER WINDOWS

- A BIT-ORIENTED PROTOCOL USED IN TESTING FOR ERRORS IN TRANSMITTED DATA IS CALLED A _____.   CYCLIC REDUNDANCY CHECK

- A BOX THAT APPEARS ON THE SCREEN IN A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE WITH DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO CHOOSE FROM IS _____.   A DIALOG BOX

- A CHOICE MADE BY A PROGRAM WHEN THE USER DOES NOT SPECIFY AN ALTERNATIVE IS _____.   A DEFAULT

- A COMPLEMENTARY METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR (CMOS) IS _____.   AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT

- A DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING THE RELATIVE LOUDNESS OF AUDIO SIGNALS AT VARIOUS FREQUENCIES IS CALLED _____.   A GRAPHIC EQUALIZER

- A DEVICE THAT STORES ENERGY IN AN ELECTRIC FIELD BY ACCUMULATING AN INTERNAL IMBALANCE OF ELECTRIC CHARGE IS _____.   A CAPACITOR

- A DEVICE USED TO REMOVE MAGNETIZATION FROM A VIDEO MONITOR AND TO ERASE INFORMATION FROM MAGNETIC STORAGE MEDIA IS _____.   A DEGAUSSER

- A DEVICE USED TO SEND OR COLLECT RADIO SIGNALS FROM A SOURCE OR RECEIVER IS CALLED _____.   AN ANTENNA

- A FORM OF MEMORY, WHICH IS BOTH "READ FROM" AND "WRITE TO", USED FOR THE TEMPORARY STORAGE OF APPLICATION PROGRAMS IS _____.   RAM

- A FORM OF OPPOSITION THAT ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS EXHIBIT TO THE PASSAGE OF ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC) BECAUSE OF CAPACITANCE OR INDUCTANCE IS _____.   REACTANCE

- A GRAPHICAL MENU SYSTEM IN WHICH A SIDE MENU OF SUBCATEGORIES IS DISPLAYED WHEN THE MOUSE POINTER IS PLACED ON THE MAIN CATEGORY IS _____.   A CASCADING MENU

- A GROUP OF PROGRAM INSTRUCTIONS THAT CAN BE STORED AS A UNIT AND USED FOR TASKS THAT REQUIRE MANY KEYSTROKES IS _____.   A MACRO

- A GROUP OF SIGNAL LINES USED TO TRANSMIT DATA IN PARALLEL FROM ONE ELEMENT OF A COMPUTER TO ANOTHER IS _____.   A DATA BUS

- A HIGH INPUT IMPEDANCE TRANSISTOR THAT IS USED IN MANY AUDIO APPLICATIONS, INCLUDING HIGH-GAIN AMPLIFIER CIRCUITS IS _____.   A MOSFET TRANSISTOR

- A LANGUAGE FOR OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING ON THE INTERNET THAT IS ESPECIALLY SUITED TO THE WORLD WIDE WEB IS _____.   JAVA

- A MEGABYTE IS A UNIT WHICH IS COMMONLY USED AS A MEASURE OF _____.   DATA STORAGE CAPACITY

- A METHOD IN COMMUNICATIONS TO VERIFY THE ACCURACY OF TRANSMITTED DATA BY RETRANSMITTING IT TO THE SENDER IS _____.   AN ECHO CHECK

- A MODULATION SCHEME WHICH ALLOWS HIGHLY EFFICIENT TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION OVER BAND-LIMITED CHANNELS SUCH AS TELEPHONE LINES IS CALLED _____.   TRELLIS-CODED MODULATION

- A MONITOR AND KEYBOARD USED TO INTERACT WITH A COMPUTER, USUALLY BY MEANS OF A COMMUNICATION LINK OVER A CABLE, AND WITH LITTLE COMPUTING POWER OF ITS OWN IS _____.   A TERMINAL

- A NEWSGROUP IN WHICH ALL MESSAGES RECEIVED BY THE SERVER ARE AUTOMATICALLY AVAILABLE TO ALL SUBSCRIBERS IS CALLED _____.   AN UNMODERATED NEWSGROUP

- A PAIR OF OPPOSITE ELECTRIC CHARGES OR MAGNETIC POLES OF OPPOSITE SIGN SEPARATED BY A SMALL DISTANCE IS _____.   A DIPOLE

- A POINT IN A COMPUTER NETWORK WHERE COMMUNICATION LINES ARE INTERCONNECTED IS CALLED _____.   A NODE

- A PUBLICLY AVAILABLE SET OF SPECIFICATIONS DESCRIBING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A HARDWARE DEVICE OR SOFTWARE PROGRAM IS _____.   AN OPEN SYSTEM

- A SOFTWARE ROUTINE STORED IN READ-ONLY MEMORY (ROM) WHICH IS USED FOR LOW-LEVEL INPUT/OUTPUT INSTRUCTION SETS IS CALLED _____.   FIRMWARE

- A SOLID STATE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USED FOR AMPLIFICATION AND SWITCHING AND THAT HAS THREE TERMINALS IS _____.   A TRANSISTOR

- A STROKE OF LIGHTNING _____.   IS A DISCHARGE OF STATIC ELECTRICITY

- A TERM USED FOR STORAGE MEDIA, USUALLY OPTICAL MEDIA, ON WHICH THE USER CAN WRITE DATA, AND ALSO ERASE OLD DATA IS _____.   REWRITABLE

- A THREE TERMINAL RESISTOR THAT IS OFTEN USED AS A VOLUME CONTROL IN AUDIO EQUIPMENT IS _____.   A POTENTIOMETER

- A UNIT THAT OPERATES AS THE CENTER OF A STAR CONFIGURATION AND ALLOWS A NUMBER OF DEVICES TO CONNECT TO A NETWORK IS _____.   A HUB

- A UNIT USED IN ELECTRONICS AND OTHER FIELDS TO MEASURE THE STRENGTH OF A SOUND OR SIGNAL IS _____.   A DECIBEL

- A VISUAL SYMBOL THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IN THE USER- FRIENDLINESS OF GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES IS _____.   AN ICON

- AN "ATTENUATOR" IS A DEVICE THAT IS USED TO _____.   REDUCE SIGNAL STRENGTH

- AN ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT MODULE WHICH HAS A NON-INVERTING INPUT, AN INVERTING INPUT AND ONE OUTPUT IS _____.   AN OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER

- AN EXCHANGE OF SIGNALS THAT ESTABLISHES COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN TWO OR MORE DEVICES AND ALLOWS DATA TO BE TRANSFERRED IS CALLED _____.   A HANDSHAKE

- AN INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE THE FLOW OF ELECTRIC CURRENT IN A CIRCUIT IS _____.   AN AMMETER

- AN OP-AMP WITH AN ON OR OFF OUTPUT AND TWO INPUTS, ONE FOR WHAT IS BEING MEASURED AND THE OTHER BEING A REFERENCE POINT IS _____.   A COMPARATOR