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| any event or action that could cause a loss of or damage to computer hardware, software, data, information, or processing capability |
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| an online or Internet-based illegal act |
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| a Web site that evaluates your computer to check for Internet and e-mail vulnerabilities |
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| Affects a computer negatively by altering the way the computer works |
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| Copies itself repeatedly, using up resources and possibly shutting down the computer or network |
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| A malicious program that hides within or looks like a legitimate program |
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| Program that hides in a computer and allows someone from a remote location take control |
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| is a group of compromised computers connected to a network |
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| Denial of service attack (DoS attack) |
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| disrupts computer access to Internet services |
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| a program or set of instructions in a program that allow users to bypass security controls |
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| a technique intruders use to make their network or Internet transmission appear legitimate |
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| is hardware and/or software that protects a network’s resources from intrusion |
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| Intrusion Detection Software |
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-Analyzes all network traffic
-Assesses system vulnerablilities
-Identifies any unauthorized intrusions
-Notifies network administrators of suspicious behavior patterns or security breaches |
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| Vulnerable computer that is set up to entice an intruder to break into it |
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| the discovery, collection, and analysis of evidence found on computers and networks |
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| a process of converting readable data into unreadable characters to prevent unauthorized access |
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| A programmed formula that the originator of the data uses to encrypt the plain text and the recipient of the data uses the decrypt the text |
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VPN
Virtual Private Network |
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| A computer network that uses a public telecommunication infrastructure such as the Internet to provide remote offices or individual users with secure access to their organization's network |
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TLS
Transport Layer Security |
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provide communications security over the Internet
encrypt the segments of network connections above the Transport Layer, using symmetric cryptography for privacy and a keyed message authentication code for message reliability |
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| Prolonged malfunction of a computer |
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UPS
uninterruptable power supplies |
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| Protects from system failures caused by electrical power variations |
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duplicate of a file, program, or disk that can be used if the original is lost, damaged, or destroyed
Ultimate Safeguard |
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WPA
Wi-Fi Protected Access |
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| A security standard that improves an older security standards by authenticating network users and providing more advanced devices can use it |
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| an applied science devoted to incorporating comfort, efficiency, and safety into the design of items in the workplace |
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| involves reducing the electricity and environmental waste while using a computer |
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| a small text file that a Web server stores on your computer |
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| a scam in which a perpetrator sends an official looking e-mail message that attempts to obtain your personal and financial information |
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| a scam where a perpetrator attempts to obtain your personal and financial information via spoofing |
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| Gaining unauthorized access or obtaining confidential information by taking advantage of trust and naivety |
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| the use of computers to observe, record, and review an employee's use of a computer |
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| the process of restricting access to certain material on the Web |
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| 1974-Forbids federal agencies from allowing information to be use for a reason other than for which it was collected |
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| Computer Fraud and Abuse Act |
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| 1984-Outlaws unauthorized access of federal government computers |
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| Telephone Consumer Protection Act |
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| 1991-Restricts Activities of telemarketers |
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| Computer Abuse Amendments Act |
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| 1994-Amends 1984 act to outlaw transmission of harmful computer codes such as viruses |
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| National Information Infrastructure Protection Act |
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| Penalizes theft of information across state lines, threats against networks and computer system trespassing |
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| Closes a narrow loop hole in the law that allowed people to give away copyrighted material (such as software) on the internet without legal repercussions |
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Digital Millennium Copyright Act
DMCA |
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| 1998-Makes it illegal to circumvent antipiracy schemes in commercial software; outlaw sale of devices taht carry software illegally |
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| Gives law enforcement the right to monitor people's activities, including web and e-mail habits |
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| a collection of hardware, software, date, people, and procedures, that work together to produce quality information |
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System Development Life Cycle
SDLC - 5 Phases |
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Planning
Analysis
Design
Implementation
Support or Maintenance |
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Participants
Upper Management, Steering Committee
Key Activities & Outcomes
-Prioritization of Project relative to other uses of resources
-Project Manager and Project Team Assigned
-Resources Allocated |
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Participants
-Project Manager, Users, Systems Analyst
Key Activities & Outcomes
-Gather Information
-Analyze current system or situation
-Create Project Plan
-Feasibility Study with Report
-Create Data Flow Diagrams (DFD)
-Create Entity Relationship Diagrams (ERD)
-Create Project Dictionary
-Create Data Dictionary
-If Object-Oriented,
Create Use Case Diagrams & Use Cases
Create Class Diagrams
-Complete Analysis Documentation
-System Proposal |
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Participants
-Project Manager, Systems Analyst, Architect, Designers
Key Activities & Outcomes
-Identify or Acquire Hardware & Software
-Identify Implementation Approach (Off-the-Shelf, Develop, Out-Source, Combination)
-Create Input Output Design
-Develop Prototype
-Create Database Design
-Create Program Design – Structure Chart & Pseudo Code for each module
-Develop Training Material & User Documentation
-Plan Conversion Strategy
-Complete Design Documentation
-Structured Walk Through or Design Inspection |
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| SDLC 4. Implementation Phase |
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Participants
-Project Manager, Designers, Developers, Testers
Key Activities & Outcomes
-Code each module
-Unit Test each module
-Integrate Modules
-System Test complete Project stand alone
-Integration Test complete Project in working environment
-Acceptance Test complete Project with customer given data
-Performance Test complete Project to verify it meets customer specifications
-Train Users
-Implement Conversion Strategy
-Complete Technical Support Documentation
-Complete User Documentation |
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| SDLC 5. Support or Maintenance Phase |
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Participants
-Key Users, Project Manager, Systems Analyst, Architect, Key Designers
Key Activities & Outcomes
-Security Plan
-Post-Implementation System Review
-Project Manager Final Report to Upper Management & Steering Committee
-Process designated for bug fixes or enhancement requests |
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uniquely recognizing humans based upon one or more intrinsic physical or behavioral traits
Also is used as a form of identity access management and access control |
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| process of planning, scheduling, and then controlling the activities during system development |
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PERT
Program Evaluation & Review Technique |
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| Used for planning and scheduling times |
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Measures how well the proposed information system will work
Will users use it?
Will they like it?
Is it secure? |
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Measures whether the established deadlines for the project are reasonable
If not, a new schedule must be made.
If there's no time, reduced focus of work to reduce labor |
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| Measures whether the organization has or can obtain the hardware, software, and people needed to deliver and then support the proposed information system |
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| Measures whether the lifetime benefits of the proposed information system will be greater than it's lifetime costs |
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| an analysis and design technique that describes processes that transform inputs into outputs |
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Entity-Relationship Diagram
ERD |
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a tool that graphically shows the connections among entities in a system
Entities are objects in the system that have data |
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| a tool that graphically shows the flow of data in a system |
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Joint-application Design (JAD)
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| a series of lengthy, structured, group meetings in which users are IT professionals work together to design or develop an application |
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| combines the data with the processes that act on that data into a single unit, called an object |
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Unified Modeling Language
UML |
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has been adopted as a standard notation for object modeling and development
UML includes 13 different diagrams |
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| graphically shows how actors (users) interact with the information system |
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graphically shows classes and subclasses in a system
Each class can have one or more subclasses
Subclasses use inheritance to inherit methods and attributes of higher levels |
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-Request for quote
-Request for proposal
-Request for information |
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| is a working model of the proposed system |
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| Encrypted code that a person, web site, or organization attaches to an email to verify the identity of the message sender |
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| is a widely used platform for server programming in the Java programming language. |
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| use of computer technology for the process of design and design-documentation |
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Voice over Internet Protocol
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Internet Telephony |
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| The transmission technologies for delivery of voice communications and multimedia sessions over Internet Protocol (IP) networks, such as the Internet. |
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| the process of using a high performance computer or computing grid to run a simulation thousands or millions of times across a large parameter and value space |
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duplicate writes to two disk systems
(the action of) is an exact copy of a data set |
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| Online area where users discuss a particular subject |
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-Grouping of 8 bits
-If you have a single byte of information, you can represent 2^8 (mathematical calculation from book) |
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| RAID (redundant array of independent disks) |
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duplicates data and implements duplication in different ways
-Group of two or more integrated hard disks
-Main benefit: availability of storage
-also gives improved performance |
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Extensible Markup Language
XML |
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a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form
It's design goals emphasize simplicity, generality, and usability over the Internet.
It is a textual data format with strong support via Unicode for the languages of the world. |
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MRP
Material Requirements Planning |
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| uses software to help monitor and control processes related to production |
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MRP II
Manufacturing Resource Planning II |
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| is an extension of MRP and also includes software that helps in scheduling |
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| Customer interaction management (CIM) |
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| software manages the day-to-day interactions with customers |
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| Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) |
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| is the use of computers to control production equipment |
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| Computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM) |
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| uses computers to integrate the many different operations of the manufacturing process |
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| transaction processing system (TPS) |
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| Captures and processes data from day-to-day transactions |
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| management information system (MIS) |
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Generates accurate, timely, and organized information so managers can track progress and make decisions
Tend to be layered on TPS data...aka reports are made from TPS data
always a standardized report...same info, with some different data |
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| decision support system (DSS) |
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Helps users analyze data and make decisions
Uses data from internal and external sources, as needed
Semi- Structured |
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| Executive information system (EIS) |
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supports needs of executive management
Goes back to executive evel; used by single person |
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| enterprise resource planning (ERP) |
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Provides software applications to coordinate activities of functional units
The main idea is integration |
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| content management system (CMS) |
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Combination of databases, software, and procedures
Organizes and allows access to documents and other files |
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| document management system (DMS) |
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allows for storage and management of a company’s documents
Stored in a repository |
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| is a defined process that identifies the specific set of steps involved in completing a particular project or business process |
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| an Internet service that provides computing needs to computer users |
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| combines many servers and/or personal computers on a network to act as one large computer |
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allows large organizations to manage and store information and data using devices geared for
-Heavy use
-Maximum availability
-Maximum efficiency |
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| a file is broken into either bytes (512 byte sectors) or varying strip size or block size pieces and read/written across many disks simultaneously |
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Stripping without Parity
-No Fault Tolerance
-High Performance
-Extremely difficult recovery in case of disk failure |
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Mirroring or Duplexing
-complete redundancy
-hurts write performance
-improves some read performance |
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Block level Stripping with Distributed Parity
-good performance
-good fault tolerance
-high capacity storage efficiency
-best suited for TPS and ERP systems
-performance degrades in high write situations |
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| consists of the programs that control or maintain the operations of the computer and its devices |
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| a set of programs containing instructions that work together to coordinate all the activities among computer hardware resources |
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| the process of starting or restarting a computer; cold boot= turning on a computer that has been powered off; warm boot= using the OS to start a computer |
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| uses buffers and printed documents; the process sends documents to be printed to a buffer instead of sending them immediately to the printer |
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| is a small program that tells the operating system how to communicate with a specific device |
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| type of system software that allows a user to perform maintenance-type tasks, usually related to managing a computer and its devices |
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| reorganizing the disk so the files are stored in contiguous sectors |
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| an unsolicited email message or newsgroup posting sent to many people at once |
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| graphical user interface (GUI) |
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| interact with menus and visual images (buttons/other graphics) EX=Windows Aero |
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| user types commands or presses special keys to enter data/instructions |
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| saves any open documents/programs to RAM, places computer in low-power state |
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| saves any open documents/programs to a hard disk before turning power off |
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| controls how you enter data and its display on screen |
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| OS enables 2 or more users to simultaneously run programs |
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| to optimize use of random access memory (RAM) |
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| OS allocates a portion of a storage medium to function as additional RAM |
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| segment of memory in which items are placed while waiting to be transfered |
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| where multiple print jobs line up; in the buffer |
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| OS automatically configures new devices |
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| program that assesses and reports info about various computer resources |
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| automatically provides updates |
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| free downloadable updates for registered users |
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| OS that organizes and coordinates how multiple users access and share resources |
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| stand-alone operating system |
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| complete OS that works on a desktop computer, notebook comp, or mobile device |
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| Multitasking UNIX-type OS |
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| EX of OS on most mobile devices |
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| utility that performs file management functions |
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| specific named location on storage medium with related documents |
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| program that attempts to locate a file on computer based on specific criteria |
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| utility that removes a program |
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| utility that allows users to display/copy/print a graphic file |
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| utility searches for/removes unnecessary files |
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| utility that reorganizes files and unused space |
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| allows users to copy or backup selected files to another medium |
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| reverses process and returns backed up files to their original form |
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| utility that detects and protects a personal computer from intrusions |
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| program placed on a computer without the user's knowledge that secretly collects info from users |
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| program that restricts access to certain web material |
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| compressed files (must uncompress these) |
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| personal computer maintenance utility |
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| identifies and fixes OS and disk problems, and includes capability of improving a computer's performance |
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| process which 2 or more computers or devices transfer data, intructions, and info |
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| initiates an instruction to transmit data/info |
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| transmission media on which the data/info travel |
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| accepts transmission of data/info |
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| time-stamped articles on a network that reflect author's interests/opinions/personality |
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| internet standard that permits users to upload and download files to and from FTP servers on the internet |
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| worldwide collection of electronic documents on the internet that users access through a we browser |
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| web sites that provide a means for users to share personal info, allow users to modify web site content, and have application software built into the site |
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| global positioning system GPS |
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| navigation system that consists of 1 or more earth-based receivers that accept and analyze satellite signals to determine the receiver's location |
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| work online with other users on the server |
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| document management system |
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| provides storage and management of a company's documents |
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| software that helps groups of people work together on projects and share info over a network |
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| standardized software that enables programmers to create applications that communicate with other remote computers over the Internet |
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| web app that combines services from 2 or more sources to create a new app |
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| value-added network (VAN) |
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| 3rd party business that provides networking services for a fee |
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| network that connects computers and its devices in a limited geographical area ( a WLAN has no physical wires) |
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| metropolitan area network (MAN) |
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| high-speed network that connects local area networks in a metropolitan area; includes LAN's, smaller than WAN's |
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| network that covers a large geographic area using a communications channel that combines media; usually 2 or more LAN's combined |
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| P2P (internet peer-to-peer) |
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| internet network which users access each others hard disks and exchange files |
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| layout of the computers and devices in a communications network |
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| all devices on network connect to central device |
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| consists of a single central cable to which all other devices connect |
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| cable forms a closed loop with devices arranged along the ring |
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| internal network that uses internet technologies |
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| network standard that specifies no central computer/device on the network should control when data can be transmitted |
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| specifies computers/devices on the network share or pass a specific signal (a token) in a unidirectional manner |
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| transmission control protocol/internet protocol (TCP/IP) |
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| protocol that defines how data are routed from one end of the network to the other |
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| collaborative web site that allows users to create and edit web site content |
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| protocol that defines how 2 bluetooth devices use short-range radio waves to transmit data |
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| network standard that specifies how two UWB devices use short-range radio waves to communicate at high speeds with each other |
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| used to transmit data wirelessly to each other via infrared light waves |
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| radio frequency id (RFID) |
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| defines how a network uses radio signals to communicate with a tag placed in or attached to an object/anima/person |
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| newer network standard from IEEE that specifies how wireless devices communicate over the air in a wide area |
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| controls access to the hardware, software, and other resources on a network and provides a centralized storage area for info/data (clients rely on servers) |
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| wireless application protocol (WAP) |
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| specifies how some mobile devices can display content of interned services |
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| consists of programs that help users establish connection to another computer/network, manage transmission of data/info/instructions, and provide and interface for users to communicate w/one another |
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| always-on connection established between 2 communications devices |
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| integrated services digital network (ISDN) |
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| set of standards for digital transmission of data over standard copper telephone lines |
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| digital subscriber line (DSL) |
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| transmits at fast speeds on existing standard copper telephone wires |
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| fiber to the premises (FTTP) |
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| uses fiber-optic cable to provide extremely high scpped internet access |
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| long-distance digital telephone lines carrying multiple signals over a single communications line |
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| carries voice, data, video, and multimedia at extremely high speeds |
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| hardware capable of transmitting data/instructions/info between a sending device and receiving device |
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| enables a computer/device that doesn't have networking capability to access a network |
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| communications device that connects multiple computers or other routers together and transmits data to its correct network destination |
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| amount of data/instructions/info travel over a communications channel |
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| transmit multiple signals simultaneously |
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| collection of data organized in a way allowing access and use of data |
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| collection of unprocessed items |
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| database management system (DBMS) |
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| users create a computerized database, edit data in the database, sort and retrieve the data, and create forms and reports from the data; often called database software |
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| garbage in, garbage out (GIGO) |
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| computing phrase pointing out accuracy of a computer's output depends on accuracy of input |
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| contains data about each file in database and each field within those files |
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| request for specific info from database |
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| (data entry form) is a window on screen providing areas for entering or modifying data in database |
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| (report writer) allows users to design a report on screen, retrieve data into the report design, and display or print the report |
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| principle of least privilege |
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| users' access privileges are limited to the lowest level necessary to perform required tasks |
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| listing of activities that change the contents of the database |
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| uses the logs and/or backups to restore a database when it becomes damaged/destroyed |
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| backup plan in which all data is backed up whenever a change is made |
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| consists of rules and standards that define how the database organizes data |
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| database that stores data in tables that consist of rows and columns (file=relation, record=tuple, field=attribute) |
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| structured query language (SQL) |
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| popular query language that allows users to manage, update, and retrieve data |
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| object-oriented database (OODB) |
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| stores data in objects (objects=item that contains data and actions that read and process data) |
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| multidimensional database |
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| stores data in dimensions |
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| a huge database that stores and manages the data required to analyze historical and current transactions |
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| where users store and share photos, videos, recordings, and other personal media with other registered users |
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| decides on the proper placement of fields, defines data relationship, and identifies users' access privileges |
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| database administrator (DBA) |
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| requires a more technical inside view of the data |
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| - Set if technologies that allows almost any type of program to run on the internet or an internal business network- Set if technologies that allows almost any type of program to run on the internet or an internal business network |
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| Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
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| The application of human intelligence to computers |
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| - Process of ensuring that a program operates on clean, correct and useful data |
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| - Short for malicious software; programs that act without a user's knowledge and deliberately alter a computer's operations |
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| Sales Force Automation (SFA) |
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| Software that equips traveling sales people with the electronic tools they need to be more productive. |
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| a program or set of instructions in a program that allow users to bypass security controls |
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| DBMS feature that has a graphical user interface to assist users with retrieving data |
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| The activity of networking through social sites |
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Multimedia Messaging Service
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| Messaging system that allows users to send messages including multimedia files |
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| Short, usually text-based messages sent by or to a wireless subscriber |
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| A firewall mechanism that replaces the IP address of a host on the internal (protected) network with its own IP address for all traffic passing through it |
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| A path for the transfer of signals or data within a computer or between a computer and its peripheral equipment |
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| - Any type of hardware capable of transmitting data, instructions, and information between a sending device and a receiving devices |
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| - A type of electronically stored text that allows "click through" access to other texts by way of encoded links |
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| Capability of software or hardware to run identically on different platforms |
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| The process of analyzing data in order to determine patterns and their relationships |
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| Portion of a company's network that allows customers or suppliers of a company to access parts of an enterprise's intranet |
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- Integrated-Case; A collection of products designed to allow the tools contained within them to communicate with each other and to transfer analysis, design and development data between them
- Computer aided Software Engineering; collections of software tools assembled by a vendor to help the analyst, designer and developer to produce diagrams and models; analyze component relationships; produce code; manage component and model versions; produce reports; and to document the results of their analysis and design in narrative form. |
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| Fiber To The Home; An access network where optical fiber is terminated within a residential or business building. |
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| a digital network communications method that groups all transmitted data - irrespective of content, type, or structure into suitably-sized block, called packets |
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| A notice that guarantees a user or a Web site is legitimate |
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Office Information System
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| Enables employees to perform tasks using computers and other electronic devices instead of |
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| A shared or group intelligence that emerges from the collaboration and competition of many individuals |
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| The sharing of content among different web sites |
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Application Programming Interface
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| Collection of tools that programmers use to interact with an environment such as a when sore or operating system |
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| Specification that enables web content to be distributed to subscribers |
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| - A hardware architecture and software framework that allows software to run |
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Basic Input/Output System
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| Built-in software that contains the code required to control the keyboard, monitor, disk drives, communications ports, and other functions independently of the computer operating system. |
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| The common term for a computer, router or printer's pre-boot sequence |
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| Sharing information with other information system within a enterprise |
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| Measure of how well computer hardware software, or an information system can grow to meeting increasing performance demands |
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| In reference to operating systems, supports two or more processors running programs at the same time |
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| The time it takes a signal to travel from one location to another on a network |
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| The science of incorporating comfort, efficiency, and safety into the design of the workplace |
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| - A database, or collection of databases, designed to help managers make strategic decisions about their business |
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Hypertext Markup Language
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| special formatting language that programmers use to format documents for display on the web |
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| protocol the web is based upon |
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| American Standard Code of Information Interchange, is the most widely used coding scheme to represent |
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| information that has been encrypted into seemingly meaningless code |
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| central component of most computer operating systems |
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| Design of computers, devices, and media on a network |
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| Rules determining the format and transmission of data |
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| The way a website organizes its data into categories and subcategories, sometimes displayed in a site map |
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| The smallest unit of data a computer can process. Short for Binary digit |
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| connects several devices in a network together |
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| A statement by an organization participating in a network, as to what kinds of uses are acceptable for traffic over the network that relies on or uses hardware, software, services, or content (file) provided by the organization. |
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| A hierarchical data model is a data model in which the data is organized into a tree-like structure. The structure allows repeating information using parent/child relationships: each parent can have many children but each child only has one parent |
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| encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required |
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| Term used by developers of relational databases for record |
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