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unit 5.00 key terms
Term | Definition |
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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 in a website visitor'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 sysetms |
Data processing | handling information, especially facts. converting facts and figures into useful information. analyzing collected facts and figures and putting them into formats useful to a business |
Data | facts and figures |
Database | Computerized storage for information and facts |
hardware | the physical components of a computer system(e.g. the central processing unit, hard drive, modem |
information system | set of coordinated network of components, which act together towards producing, distributing and/or processing information |
information technology | integration of computer with telecommunication equipment for retrieving, mainipulating, and storage of data |
intranet | 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 a computer network that is restricted to the organization it serves an internal inte |
software | programs that instruct computers to perform specific operations |
application programs | programs that people use to get their work done |
central processing unit | a particular computer will have a particular type of processor |
computer system | consists of hardware (physical parts of the computer) and software |
embedded system | A computer system that is part of longer 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 |
Main memory | Closely connected to the processor, stored data are quickly and easily changed, holds the programs and data that the processor is actively working with |
motherboard | components are connected to main circuit board of computer |
network | consists of two more computers connected so that they can exchange data and programs |
operating system | Responsible for starting up application programs, running them, and managing the resources that they need |
output device | monitor printer speakers any piece of computer hardware equipment which converts information |