ISTM #3
rue
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
Microprocessor
Registers are also found in the _____
Clock Rate in Gigahertz
What is a computer speed measured by?
Bus Lines
Pathways powered by software that transfer data between components
Width
Bus lines are measured by _______
True
True or False: The wider the bus line, the more efficient it is
Types of Bus Lines
- PCI
- AGP
- USB
- Firewire
Walmart Analogy
Walmart's distribution center = The Microprocessor
The land that the center sits on = The Motherboard
The streets leading to the center = Bus Lines
The Binary System
How can the 2 state system of a computer be represented?
"0" and "1"
What is used to represent "off" and "on" in the binary system?
A Bit
What is a binary digit referred to as?
Positive("1") and Negative Bits("0")
The CPU is only ever dealing with ___________________
8
How many bits in a byte?
Nibble
4 bits
Kilobyte
1024 bytes
Megabyte
1000 kilobytes
Gigabyte
1000 megabytes
EBCDIC
What coding scheme do mainframe computers use?
American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)
What coding scheme do most microcomputers use to translate commands to the binary system?
One
How many bytes per character in ASCII?
Unicode
What coding scheme is used for Japanese and Chinese computers?
Two
How many bytes per character in unicode?
Positional Notation
A digits value to a number is based on position
(in the tens, hundreds, & thousands place)
32 bits
How many bits equal an integer (whole #)?
input/output devices
keyboard or monitor or printer or headphones
translate input into 1's and 0's, turns 1's and 0's into output
Input
Data that enters the computer (typing on the keyboard)
Output
Image on a screen, printed out paper, something that a human can understand
BIOS
Basic input/output system
Firmware that finds and enables the OS
BIOS
After a computer gets power, it searches for what?
Firmware
Unchangeable Programming
Internal Hard Drive
Non-volatile, so it saves stuff even when computer is off
ROM
Read only memory firmware
Code to start/boot system
Primary storage is
Volatile, so data isn't retained when computer is off
(RAM)
Secondary storage is
Non-volatile
(Internal Hard Drive)
Filing Cabinet Analogy
Filing cabinet is secondary storage and the files on your desk are RAM. Once you're done with the files you put it back in the cabinet
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TCP/IP
TCP/IP
Set of rules for transferring info between computers
(AKA a Network)
Like traffic lights to ensure safety
Packets
TCPIP breaks files into ____ when passing between computers
Diffusion
Acceptance of an acknowledged problem
Digital Versatile Disk
DVD
Redundant Array of Independent Discs
RAID
RAIDs
Basically backup computers
Magnetic Tape
What storage device is considered the slowest?
Magnetic Tape
What storage device is read sequentially?
Magnetic Tape
TAMU puts their data on what?
(Stored in Dallas)
Linus Torvalds
Who started Linux?
PC's are cheaper
Why does Windows dominate the market?
Ribbons
Microsoft replaced menus with what?
Windows
What is the dominant OS in the operating system market?
Bill Gates and Paul Allen
Who made Microsoft?
Disaster Recovery Plan
DRP
DRP
TAMU does one _____ a year
Brennan's DRP
Pre-Katrina: 2 pages.
Post-Katrina: 65 pages
Runs inventory 4 days before storms and 10 employees' phones are based out of Idaho
Financial Services Business
FSB
Seattle
Amazon opened first Brick-and-Mortar Bookstore in what city?
Faster Delivery
Why will it be an advantage for Amazon to have a physical store?
Fibertown
Mass storage place in Bryan
- Low Cost
- Cable Lines Installed by the Railroad Tracks
Why is Bryan a good place for fiber town?
Biometrics
-Finger print scan
-Retina scan
Tier 4
Fiber town is a ______ company.
(guarantees 99% availability)
Siri
What is an alternative to keyboards?
Green PCs
Environmentally friendly computer systems
Green computing
The practice of using computing resources efficiently and reducing waste is called what?
Standby Mode
Which PC mode uses the least amount of power?
Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool
EPEAT
EPEAT
Online tool that helps large institutions purchase, select, and compare computers based on their environmental attributes
28
How many of EPEAT's criteria are optional?
GEC
(G-Eazy)
Who manages EPEAT?
Product Longevity
Which EPEAT criteria ask manufacturers to design products that can be upgraded with common tools?
1992
When was Energy Star funded?
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