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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
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
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
Warm Boot
Restarting a computer
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
A Window
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
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
Note 
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