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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cloud storage | Online storage that enables users to upload, store, and access their files via the internet; users' files are maintained by a third-party at a remote database storage facility |
| Cookies | Text files that are put on a webite vistion's hard disk and then later retrieved during subsequent visits to the site in order to track internet behavior. Mechanisms used by websites to track users' browsing histories |
| Data migration | The process of transferring data between storage types, formats, or computer system |
| Data processing | Facts and figures.Handling information, especially facts. Converting facts and figures into useful information. Analyzing colleced facts and figures and putting them into formates usesful to a business. |
| Data | Facts and figures. |
| Database | Computerized storage for information and facts |
| Hardware | The physical components of a computer system |
| Itranet | An internal network similar to the internet that is accessible only by authorized personnel; used to access information and communicate with others within an organization. |
| Information technology | Integration of computer with telecommunication equipment for retrieving, manipulation, and storage of data |
| Central processing unit (CPU) | A particular computer will have a particular type of processor |
| Computer system | Consists of hardware (physical parts of the computer) and software (programs and dta used with the physical computer) |
| Information system | Set of coordinated network of components, which act together towards producng, distributing and /or processing information |
| Application programs | Programs that people use to get their work done |
| Embedding system | A computer system that is part of a larger machine and which controls how that machine operates |
| Input devices | Keyboards, mouse, scanners, cameras, joysticks, and microphones; a piece of equipment used to provide data and control signals to an information processing system |
| Software | Programs that instruct computers to preform specific operations |
| Main memory | Closly connected to the processor, stored data are quickly and easily changed, holds the programs and data that the processor is actively working with |
| Motherboard | Comonents are connected to the main circuit board of the computer |
| Network | Consists of two or more computers connected so that they can exchange data and progras |
| Operating system | Responsible for starting up application programs, running them, and managing the resources that they need |
| Output device | Monnitor, printer, speakers; any piece of computer hardware equipment which converts information into human-readable form |
| Processor | Contains billions of transistors; reponsible for the fundamental computing within the system, and directly or indirectly controls all the other components |
| RAM (random access memory) | "Random" means that the memory cells can be accessed in any order. the type of silicon chip used to implement main memory |
| ROM (read only memory) | Used to make a section of main memory read-only |
| Secondary memory | |
| Embedding system | |
| Computer-aided design (CAD) | |
| Input devices | |
| Computer-aided manufacturing | |
| Main memory | |
| Expert system | |
| Motherboard | |
| Global positioning system (GPS) | |
| Network | |
| Operating system | |
| Output device | |
| Smartphone | |
| Processor | |
| Telecommuting | |
| RAM (random access memory) | |
| Voice over internet protocol(VoIP) | |
| ROM (read only memory) | |
| Secondary memory | |
| Computer-aided design (CAD) | |
| Computer-aided manufacturing | |
| Expert system | |
| Global positioning system (GPS) | |
| Personal identification number(PIN) | |
| Satellite | |
| Smartphone | |
| Technology | |
| Telecommuting | |
| Voice over internet protocol(VoIP) |