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| What do you call the removable disk, usually 4.75 inches in diameter and less than one-twentieth of an inch thick. |
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| What part of the computer temporarily stores instructions and data that the processor is likely to use frequently. It speeds up processing. |
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| What do you call the electrical data roadways through which bits are transmitted within the CPU and between the CPU and other components of the motherboard? |
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| Buses - data roadways (bus lines) |
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| What is the high-speed storage area that temporarily stores data during processing? |
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| What do you call the brain of the computer which follows the instructions of the software program to manipulate data into information? |
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| Computer Processing Unit (CPU) |
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| What do you call the control unit which uses arithmetic (logic unit (ALU)), it contains the register & high speed storage. |
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| Computer Processing Unit (CPU) |
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| What do you call the special kind of mathematical calculation, which is used mainly with supercomputers? The measure is used to express the processing speed of supercomputers. |
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| Floating Point Operations Per Section (FLOPS) |
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Port...fast data...seven devices in a daisy chain...32-bits at a time.
What port allows you to transmit fast data to up to seven devices in a daisy chain. Uses a small computer interface processing at 32-bits at a time.
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| What port allows you to transmits fast data over short distances. A line which allows 8 bits (1 byte) to be transmitted simultaneously. |
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| What is the name for the connector which is a line that sends bits one after another, like cars on a one-lane highway? It is usually used to connect devices that do not require fast transmission of data, such as keyboards, mice, monitors, and modems. |
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| What ports are used for special purposes such as round ports for connecting the keyboard and mouse? |
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| What do you call that part of a computer where a user can connect a socket or jack on the outside of the system? |
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| What do you call the software updates which make small changes to the existing software already loaded on your CPU? |
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| What is the name for software which is made available as an add or addition to existing software already on your system? Usually identified after a decimal point. |
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| What is the name of the software license that only permits the software to be used by one user at a time? |
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| Single-User Software License |
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| This type of software license allows a specified number of copies to be used at one time. It may require additional license monitoring software? |
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| What is the name of the type of software license which allows software to be used on all the computers at a specific location? |
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| What is the term for a signed contract in which the user agrees not to make copies or distribute the purchased copy of the software to other users? |
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| Name some examples of creators of Master Operating Systems? |
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| What is another name for the Master Control program that runs the computer? |
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| What are the two major types of software utilized on a computer? |
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| Systems software and Applications software |
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| What do you call the ability for any user, on a given email system, to send a message and have it pop up instantly on the screen of anyone else logged in to the system? |
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| Instant Messaging - one on one |
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| What type of computer virus uses trusted institutional names to elicit confidential information? Some common schemes look like they are from your bank or from eBay and ask you to updates your account and then capture your personal data for their own use. |
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| What type of computer virus, similar to Phishing, in which malicious software is implanted on a victim's computer that redirects the user to an imposter web page even when the individual types the correct address into his or her browser. |
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| What application downloads without the users knowledge. It hides on the users computer and captures information about what's on the users P.C.. |
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| What do you call the ability for one user to do multiple things on a computer simultaneously? |
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| What is the name for the typed discussion among participants who are online at the same time. It is just like having a telephone conversation, except that the messages are typed rather than spoken. |
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| What type of computer virus sends out forged emails that direct recipients to a replica of an existing web page, both of which pretend to belong to a legitimate company then entices you to provide your personal information? |
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| Phishing (Password Harvesting Fishing) |
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| What is the term for technology that helps to produce, manipulate, store, communicate, and/or disseminate information? |
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| Information Technology (IT) |
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| What are the three types of Internet Access Providers? |
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1. Internet Service Provider
2. Commercial Online Service
3. Wireless Internet Service Provider |
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| In what ways can a user connect to the internet? |
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| Telephone line, cable hookup, or wireless device - examples which include: Dial-up connection (modem), ISDN, DSL, or T1 line |
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| What is another name for Communications Technology? |
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| Telecommunications Technology |
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| What consists of electromagnetic devices and systems for communicating over long distances? |
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| Telecommunications or Communications Technology |
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| What is the name of the forgery of an email sender name so that the message appears to have originated from someone or somewhere other than the actual source? |
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| What is the step-by-step electronically encoded instructions that tell the computer hardware how to perform a task? |
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| 1 byte equals how many characters |
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| 1 kilobyte equals how many characters |
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| 1 Megabyte equals how many characters |
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| 1 Gigabyte equals how many characters |
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| 1 Terabyte equals how many characters |
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| 1 Petabyte equals how many characters |
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| What is the name for the measurement of characters within a CPU? |
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| What is the name for the Specialized Software programs, usually components of systems software - that allows input and output devices to communicate with the rest of the computer system? |
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| What is the term for all the machinery and equipment in a CPU? This includes the keyboard, screen, and printer |
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| What is the communications system connecting two or more computers? |
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| What is the name for the data that has been summarized or otherwise manipulated for use in decision making? |
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| What is the term for raw facts and figures that are processed into information? |
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| What are the five sizes of computers and their associated costs? |
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1. Supercomputer $1M - $350M
2. Mainframe $5K - $5M
3. Workstations
4. Microcomputers $5H - $5K
5. Microcontrollers |
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| What is the term for a worldwide computer network that connects hundreds of thousands of smaller networks? |
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| What is the term for that which encompasses not only the online world, and the internet in particular, but also the whole wired and wireless world of communications in general? |
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| What is the term to describe high-capacity machines with thousands of processors that can perform more than several trillion calculations per second? |
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| What is the term used to describe molecule-sized nano-structures which are used to create tiny machines for holding data that performs tasks? |
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| What is the term for water or air cooled computers that cost $5K - $5M and vary in size from micro to super-sized systems. |
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| Mainframes. Small mainframes can cost between $5K - $200K |
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| What is the term that connects, usually by specialized cables, a group of desktop PCs and other devices, such as printers, in an office or building? |
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| What is the term used to describe the expensive, powerful personal computer that usually is used for complex scientific, mathematical and engineering calculations and for computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing? |
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| What is the term used to describe embedded computer with tiny specialized microcomputers installed in "smart" appliances and automobiles? |
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| Case: memory chips, motherboard, processor chips, power supply and wireless device |
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| What term is used to describe the use of a computer or other information device to connect to a network? |
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| What is a programmable multi user machine that accepts data (or raw facts and figures) and processes, or manipulates it into information the user can utilize? |
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| What are the two most important part of Information Technology? |
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| The computer and communications |
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| Name the different type of printers available for output? |
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| Impact Printers, Laser Printers, Inkjet Printers, Thermal Printers |
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| What printer forms images or characters by striking a print hammer or wheel again an ink ribbon? |
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| What type of printer uses a drum of toner like a photocopier and uses PDL, PostScript and PCL for printing management? |
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| Which type of printer sprays ink from four nozzels at high speed, is quiet, and produces inexpensive color-printers? |
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| Which type of printer provides low-medium resolution and uses thermal paper that darkens in time? |
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| How can you speed up processing on your computer? |
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| Use Disk Clean Up and Disk De-fragmentation to clean up unnecessary files and space on the computer. |
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| What are the four different types of memory chips? |
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| What are the four different types of RAM? |
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| DRAM, SDRAM, SRAM, DDR-SDRAM |
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| Random Access Memory (RAM) temporarily stores program instructions and data before it is processed by the CPU. |
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| RAM is considered Volatile Memory, what does Volatile Memory mean? |
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| the contents stored within the RAM are lost when the power goes off or is turned off |
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| What type of memory chip stores fixed start-up instructions? |
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| What type of memory chip stores flexible start-up instructions |
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| Which memory chip stores flexible programs? |
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| What are some ways to speed up processing on your computer? |
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Definition
| Interleaving, bursting, pipe-lining, superscaler architecture, and hyper threading |
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| In terms of computer advancement, name some of the future areas of processing for which computers might be used? |
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| M-RAM, OUM, Nanotechnology, Optical Computing, DNA Computing, Quantum Computing |
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| The mouse is the principle pointing tool used with a CPU, what are some others methods of data entry on a CPU? |
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| Trackball, Pointing Stick, Touchpad, Keyboard |
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| What are the four different types of bar code readers? |
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MICR - Magnetic Ink
OMR - Optical Mark Recognition
OCR - Optical Charcater Recognition
MICRO2MCR
1. Flatbed 2. Sheet-feed 3. Handheld 4. Drum |
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| What is the term used to describe photoelectric (optical) scanners that translate the symbols in the bar code into digital code? |
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| What is the name given to describe an input device that collects specific data directly from the environment and transmits it to a computer? |
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| What is the term used to describe the amount of space between the centers of adjacent pixels, the closer the pixels, the crisper the image? |
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| What is the term used to describe image sharpness of the display screen, the more pixels, or dots' there are per square inch, the finer the level of detail? |
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| What is the term used to describe the number of times per second that the pixels are recharged so that their glow remains bright? |
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| There are two different kinds of matrices what are they? |
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| Active Matrix and Passive Matrix |
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| This type of matrix is also known as TFT display, each pixel on the flat-panel screen is controlled by its own transistor. What is it? |
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| Active Matrix Screens - which are much brighter and sharper than passive matrix screens |
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| This term describes the translator which controls the whole row or column of pixels on the flat-screen display. |
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| What do you call the type of software was developed to solve a particular problem, perform useful work on general-purpose tasks, or provide entertainment? |
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| What is another name for System Board? |
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| What are the two different kinds of files on a computer? |
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| What are the six different types of Computer-Based Information Systems? |
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Office Information Systems
Transaction Processing System
Management Information Systems
Decision Support Systems
Executive Support Systems
Expert Systems |
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Which level of management uses a Office Information or Office Automation Systems?
Page 428 - 433 |
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| Used throughout the organizational structure to increase productivity. |
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| Which level of management uses a Transaction Processing System (TPS)? |
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| Business organization, keeps track of transactions |
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| Which level of management uses a Management Information System (MIS)? |
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| Tactical managers, to produce reports |
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| Which level of management uses a Decision Support System (DSS)? |
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| Used by managers in specific industries such as airlines or industry, flexible tools for analysis |
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| Which level of management uses an Executive Support System (ESS)? |
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| Strategic Managers, specifically supports strategic decision making |
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| Which level of management uses an Expert System? |
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| Knowledge-based system, used by all management levels to solve "expert" problems |
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How is digital data sent over a telephone line?
Pg 314 |
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| Digital signals are discontinuous, expressed as discrete bursts of on/off electrical pulses. |
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How is Twisted-Pair media assembled?
Pg. 325 - 327 |
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| Two strands of insulated copper wire, twisted around each other. Helps reduce interference. |
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| How is Coax media assembled? |
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| co-ax is HF transmission cable that consists of insulated copper wire wrapped in a solid or braided metal shield and then in an external plastic cover. |
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| How is Fiber-Optic media assembled? |
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| dozens or hundreds of thin strands of glass or plastic that transmit pulsating beams of light rather than electricity. |
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| Cat5 cabling, Ethernet speeds of 10-100 MGs per second . Installed throughout the house. Think RR |
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| technology companies working to ensure the adoption of a single unified existing wire (telephone and cable) to home-networking standard that transmits about 320 MG per second. |
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| A technology standard that allows users to send data over home's existing electrical (AC) power lines. |
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Term
| What are the major phases of the system lifecycle? |
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1. Preliminary Investigation,
2. System Analysis,
3. System Design,
4. System Development,
5. System Implementation,
6. System Maintenance |
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| What are the main components of a network? |
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Definition
Wired/Wireless Connections
Host & Nodes
Packets
Protocols
Linking Devices
Interface Cards
Operating Systems |
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| What are the different type of short-distance wireless standards? |
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1. LAN 100-228 feet
2. PAN 30-32 feet
3. HAN 100-150 feet |
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| What are the different types network topologies? |
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Bus – all nodes are connected to a single wire or cable
Ring – all nodes are connected in a continuous loop
Star – all nodes are connected through a central host |
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| Describe a BUS network topologies? |
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| All nodes are connected to a single wire or cable |
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Term
| Describe a Ring network topologies? |
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| All nodes are connected in a continuous loop |
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Term
| Describe a Star network topologies? |
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Definition
| All nodes are connected through a central hose |
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Term
| Describe a Peer-to-Peer Network. |
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Definition
| All computers on a network communicate directly with each other. Cheaper than client/server since servers are typically more expensive than PCs |
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| Describe a Client/Server Network. |
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| Consists of clients (computers) that request data, and servers (computers) that supply data |
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| What are the problems associated with Peer-to-Peer swapping of music files? |
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| Users can download copyrighted material w/o paying, violates U.S. copyright laws; is server-based online file sharing sites; Napster has been shut down; have been difficult to control since there is no central server to shut down; publishers are suing individual down-loaders instead |
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| What are the different types of database models? |
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Definition
Hierarchical database
Network database
Relational database
Object-oriented database
Multidimensional database |
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| What is a Hierarchical database? |
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| Fields or records are arranged in a family tree, with child records subordinate to parent or higher-level records |
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| What is a Network database? |
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| Like a hierarchical database, but each child record can have more than one parent record |
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| What is a Relational database? |
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| Relates, or connects, data in different files through the use of a key, or common data element |
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| What is an Object-Oriented database? |
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| Uses objects (software written in small, reusable chunks) as elements within database files |
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| What is a Multidimensional database? |
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| Models data as facts, dimensions, or numerical measures for use in the interactive analysis of large amounts of data |
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| What is the difference between a bit and a byte? |
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| A bit is a single numeric value, either '1' or '0'. A byte is a sequence of bits; usually eight bits equal one byte. |
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| What are considered computer crimes? |
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Theft of HW/SW, online music/videos,
Theft of time & services, Theft of information, Internet-related fraud
Taking over your PC, Crimes of malice
Computer criminals |
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| What is the term used when you use human language to map out the logic of a computer program? |
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Definition
| Pseudo code or flow charting |
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| What SW helps manage databases? |
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Definition
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| What's the difference between syntax and logic errors? |
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| Syntax errors are grammar errors while logic errors are caused by the incorrect use of control structures |
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| An interface used to connect the same types of networks |
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| An interface that permits communications between dissimilar networks |
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| Any device attached to a network |
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| What title is given to someone who manages a database? |
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| What are daily business activities called? |
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| What is Business-to-business (B2B)? |
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| A business sells to other businesses using the internet or a private network to cut transaction costs and increase efficiencies |
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| What is Business-to-consumer (B2C)? |
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| A business sells goods or services to consumers |
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| What is Consumer-to-consumer (C2C)? |
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| Consumers sell goods or services directly to other consumers with the help of a third party, such as eBay. |
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| What are the two different kinds of files on a computer? |
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Definition
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| What is it called to build a quick model of a system that can be evaluated? |
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Definition
| Prototype (then a detailed design development) |
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Term
| What are some useful programs to block harmful content from children? |
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Definition
| Online blocking SW, DVD filters, video game rating systems, v-chip, "xxx" web addresses |
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Term
| What is the difference between a UNIT test and SYSTEM Test? |
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Definition
A Unit Test - tests small parts independently (small pieces of the whole) to make sure they work.
A SYSTEM Test - tests the entire system |
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| Machine language is what generation? |
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| Assembly language is what generation? |
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| high level languages such as FORTRAN, COBOL, BASIC, C, and C++ are what generation? |
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Definition
| Third generation (procedural language) |
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| Very High-Level languages which include SQL, Intellect, NOMAD, FOCUS are what generation? |
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| Natural languages are which generation? |
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| Fifth generation, early 1980's |
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| Who developed Basic (the easy language) - which is used to be the most popular microcomputer language and is considered the easiest language to learn? |
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Definition
| Developed by John Kemeny and thomas Kurtz |
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Term
| Who developed Pascal, an alternative to BASIC developed for teaching purposes? |
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| Developed by 17th Century French mathematician Blaise Pascal |
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| Who developed C, the general-purpose, compiled language that was developed for mid-range computers but also works well with micro-computers? |
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| Developed by Dennis Ritchie at Bell Labs in the early 1970's. |
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| Who developed LISP, a 3rd generation language used principally to construct artificial intelligence programs? |
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Definition
| Developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1958 by mathematician John McCarthy. |
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| What programming languages are object-oriented? |
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Definition
| Case SW, Java, C#, LISP, Visual Basic, C++ |
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| What is Machine Language? |
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Definition
| 0's and 1's (basic language) |
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| What is Assembly Language? |
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| Mnemonic version of machine language, faster, each CPU arch has it's own language |
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| What is High-Level Language? |
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Definition
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| What is Problem Oriented Language? |
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Definition
| NOMAD, FOCUS, Report Generator, Query, Application |
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| What is a Natural Language? |
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| Also called communications protocol; set of conventions governing the exchange of data between HW/SW components. |
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| What attack represents a communication that appears to be from a trusted source? |
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| How would you identify a record in a relational database? |
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