ISTM 210 - Exam 1 (Phinney)

Reuters

Who used carrier pigeons to get news and stocks from Belgium to Germany?

The Telegraph

What was the first way the world connected?

Information Technology (IT)

The study, design, development, implementation, support, and management of computer-based information systems, particularly software and hardware

Chief Information Officer (CIO)

Who is in charge of all computer assets for an organization?

Competency

The knowledge that enables a person to understand something

Hardware

The physical parts of a computer

Software

Systems that make hardware work

The Cloud

Hard drive or software that exists on another computer connected by a network

rackspace.com

Cloud service provider in San Antonio

Disadvantages of the Coud

Requires internet connection

Don't know where your information is actually being stored

Gordon Moore

Who founded intel?

Moore's Law

Computer power doubles every 18 months

Mainframe Computers

Massive, room-sized computers that process and store enormous amounts of bulk data and information

Mainframe Computers

TAMU has 2 kinds of what hardware for payroll and transactions?

Super Computers

What kind of hardware are TAMU student files on?

IBM and Amdahl

Who are big mainframe makers?

Big Blue

What is IBM's nickname?

Midrange Computers

Less powerful and smaller in physical size than mainframe computers, but do many of the same things, simply on a smaller scale

Microcomputers

Smaller than mainframes and midrange computers

So common that they are most commonly referred to simply as "computers" and sometimes just referred to as "boxes."

Microcomputer

What type of a computer is a desktop?

Operating System (OS)

Often called a platform

Operating System (OS)

A collection of computer programs that work together to manage hardware and software to ensure that they are working properly

Data per Inch (DPI)

Determinant of a monitor's resolution

Booting

Loading the platform into the computer's memory

Cold Boot

Powering a computer for the first time

Warm Boot

Restarting a computer

Process

What is it called when a computer performs a task?

System Software

What kind of software requires no human interaction?

Memory Management

The operating system's coordination of a computer's memory which includes cache, RAM, registers, and virtual memory

Random Access Memory

RAM

RAM

Primary storage that allows data to be accessed in any order without physical movement of the silicone media

Volatile Memory

Memory that is only there when you're currently running an application

Non-Volatile Memory

Where memory is stored after processing

Virtual Memory

Memory the operating system uses to coordinate, track, and efficiently allocate the use of the CPU cache, registers, RAM, and disk storage

Disk Management

Part of the OS that reads and writes data onto a disk

(typically a hard drive)

Disk Storage

Non-volatile, secondary storage that is recorded to a physical device

Track

Concentric band around disk that is divided in to pie shaped wedges called sectors

File Management

One of the most important jobs of an OS

A way to store and organize files in the memory of a computer

Defragmentaton

Program that unclutters a hard drive

File Allocation Table

FAT

FAT

Table of Contents for a hard drive

Hierarchy

The way files are displayed in a rank

True

True or False: When you delete a file, it leaves the FAT but stays on the hard drive

Swap Files

Files exchanged in and out of RAM are called what?

Registry

Lists that contain settings like screen savers, appearance, and personalization

Device Driver

Allows OS to communicate with peripheral hardware

Best Practice

A management process, technique, or method that is most effective at arriving to a desired or better outcome

Graphic User Interface

GUI

Windows

A GUI unto its own is called what?

Software Suite

A collection of business computer application programs of associated functionality that shares a common GUI

Application Suites & Productivity Suites

What are the other names for software suites?

Most Important Aspect of Software Suites

The capability to share data and info between business application software

3 ways of Sharing Data

1) Copy and Paste (Static)

2) Embedding/Screenshot (Static)

3) Linking (Dynamic)

Application Software

Performs particular tasks users need like creating a budget for accounting or supply chain, creating a resume, or making a professional presentation for a business proposal

Spreadsheet

An electronic grid of columns and rows typically used to create, model, and manipulate numerical and often, financial information

Spreadsheets

Many businesses argue _______ are most powerful application because of ability to model financial information

True

True or False: Hidden columns on a spreadsheet can still be viewed by whoever you send it to

Floating Point or Real Number

What is a decimal number also known as in spreadsheet?

Word Processor

Application software used to create, compose, edit, format and print documents

True

True or False: Word processors can provide a table of contents

BYU

Where was WordPerfect was originally developed?

Presentation Software

Software used to present information in a slideshow format, usually displayed on-screen and often projected for an audience.

True

True or False: Business intelligence has made presentation software more popular

Secondary Memory

Where are your Microsoft documents saved?

An Operating System

What does application software need in order to work?

Attitude

What is the most important aspect of learning application software?

Special Application Software

Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Dreamweaver, & Microsoft SharePoint are all types of _________

Database Software

What is the most important tool in business?

Database Management System Software

DBMS

DBMS

Used to create a collection of related files, the most important of which are called tables that consist of records (rows) of data separated by fields (columns) that can be queried to produce populations of information

UIN

All TAMU students are in a database that makes us unique. What is it?

Oracle, SQL, and Redis

Examples of DBMS

True

True or False: There is always a better way to do something on a computer

Browser Software

Gives access to the internet

Sir Tim Berners-Lee

(Timmy Turner with the Burner)

Who invented the first web browser?

Network Software

Allows computers to communicate with eachother

System/Network Administrators

group of people who make sure you can log on and see all the information you are supposed to have access to

The Internet

What is the world's largest network?

Platform Neutral

_____ means whatever is being described will work on any operating system

Portable Document Format

PDF

One-to-Many Relationship

Linking the customer and transaction tables is called a _____

Enterprise Resource Planning Systems

ERPS

ERPS

_____ put all data in one system;

True

True or False: The heart of an ERP is one single database

SAP AG in germany

The first ERPS was?

The System Unit

What is the main body of a computer?

The Motherboard

What does the system unit mainly contain?

PSU

Power Supply Unit that gives motherboard power and converts AC to DC

Printed Circuit Board (PCB)

The motherboard is the main what?

Land for a Building

A motherboard is like...

Logic Boards

What is Apple's name for motherboards/system boards?

Chassis

Box that encloses the main components of a computer

Microprocessor

The brains of a computer

The Central Processing Unit (CPU)

What does the microprocessor mainly contain?

CPU

Gives a computer the ability to be programmed, as well as interprets instructions and processes data by performing operations

CPU Cache

Memory that helps decrease the time it takes to access memory

Two

A computer is a _____ state device

on/off or input/output

What are the two states of a computer?

System Unit

Cooling fans, primary & secondary storage, & expansions slots are also found in the ______

Registers

Extremely fast small memory locations used to quicken the implementation of computer programs