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INSY 2303

Digital Revolution
Convergence
The Web
Cloud Computing

Bits vs. Bytes
Digital vs. Analog Data
Digitization
Compression
• Lossy
• Lossless
Image Resolution vs. Aspect Ratio
Pixel Interpolation
Audio Sampling Rate
Data vs. Information
Bitmap vs. Vector Graphics
• File Size
• Easy of Editing
• Resizing
• Realism
3-D Graphics
• Vectors
• Rendering
• Ray Tracing

Instruction Set
Software
• Application
• Operating
• Form
Mainframe vs. Supercomputer
Server
CPU
• ALU
• Control Unit
Clock Speed
RAM vs. ROM
Virtual Memory
Multi-Core Processor
Storage Media
• Magnetic
• Optical
• Solid State
• Cloud
Storage Characteristics
• Volatile vs. Nonvolatile
• Durability
• Dependability
• Capacity
Processing
• Serial
• Pipelining
• Parallel Processing

Communications Network
Communications Channel
Wired vs. Wireless
Network Topology
Network Node
Modem
TCP/IP
Private vs. Public IP Address
DNS
Symmetric vs. Asymmetric Connection
LAN
NIC
Ethernet
Communication Protocols
• Physical
• Transport
• Arrival

ARPANET
Internet
• Backbone
• ISP
• IXP
Latency
Packet
• Circuit Switching
• Packet Switching
• Jitter vs. Packet Loss
Internet Connection
• Fixed
• Portable
• Mobile
Internet Access
• Dial-Up
• Cable
• DSL
• Satellite
• FTTH

The Web
Web Server
Web Site vs. Web Page
Hypertext/Hypertext Links
URL
Web Browser
• Browser Cache
• Plugin vs. Extension
HTTP vs. HTTPS
Cookies
Dynamic vs. Static Web Page
Client-Side vs. Server-Side Scripts
HTML
• Markup Language
• Tags
• HTML5
• CSS
Search Engine
• Web Crawler
• Indexer
• Database
• Query Processor