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the study, design, development,
implementation, support, and management of computer‐based
information systems, particularly software and hardware. |
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the knowledge that enables a person to understand
something, in this case, a computing system and its relationship to
business. |
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a way of thinking that involves analysis and
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evaluation and includes considering all possible outcomes in order
to form a solid decision. |
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a management process, technique, or
method that is most effective at arriving at a desired outcome, or
best outcome than any other process, technique, or method. |
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in computing is something with
a practical use and expected outcome |
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Gordon Moore, one of the founding fathers of Intel made the
observation in 1965 called Moore’s Law that computing power
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doubles every eighteen months |
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the tangible or physical aspects of
a computer, like circuit boards, chipsets, and keyboards |
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massive room‐sized computers that
process and store enormous amounts of bulk data and information |
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less powerful and smaller in physical size
than mainframe computers, but do many of the same things |
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smaller than mainframes and minicomputers,
and are so common that they are most commonly referred to as
simply computers, and sometimes just referred to as a box. |
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The most important aspects of system software is that an operating
systemis enabled and becomes a platform for application software
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to work. |
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does not work without system software or an
operating system. |
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Often called platform,is a collection of
computer programs working together that manage the hardware
and software of a computer so they work properly. |
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today’s market are Microsoft
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today s Windows, Mac OS, Linux, and UNIX. |
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One of the most important jobs of an OS is file
management; a way to store and organize computer files to the
memory of a computer. |
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Operating systems coordinate a
computer’s memory |
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| RAM-which is primary storage |
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An OS is in charge of reading and writing data
and information to a disk, typically a hard drive. |
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