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cloud storage | online storages 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 website visitor's hard disk and then late retrieved during subsequent visits to the site in order to tack internet behavior. mechanisms used by websites to track use's browsing histories |
data migration | the process of transferring data between storage types, formats, or computer systems. |
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 compute with telecommunication equipment for retrieving, manipulating, and storage of data |
intanet | 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 compute network that is restricted to the organization it serves, an internal |
software | programs that instruct computers to perform specific operations |
application programs | programs that people use to get their work done. |
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 data used with the physical computer |
embedded system | a computer system that is part of a large 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 the main circuit board of the computer. |
network | consists of two or more computers connected so that they can exchange data and programs |
operating systems | responsible for starting up application programs, running them, and managing the resources that they need |