Hardware
Main Memory
Eight bits that together represent a single character of data
byte (B)
Application Software
Programs that help users solve particular computer programs
Application Software
The ability of current mainframes to run software created decades ago
Backward Compatibility
The component of a computer that provides the CPU with a working storage area for program instructions and data
Main Memory
hard disk drive (HDD)
A program that helps to perform maintenance or correct problems with a computer system.
Utility Program
Software used to meet organization wide business needs and typically shares data with other enterprise applications used within the organization
Enterprise Application
A climate and access controlled building or a set of buildings that houses the computer hardware that delivers an organization's data and information services
Data Center
A processor that has two or more independent processing units, call cores, that are capable of sequencing and executing instructions.
Multicore Processor
A form of memory which instructions or data can be temporarily stored
random access memory (RAM)
A special software program that converts the programmer's source code into the machine-language instructions which consist of binary digits
Compiler
The heart of the operating system that controls the most critical processes of the OS
Kernel
A server that houses many individual computer motherboards that include one or more processors, computer memory, computer storage, and computer network connections
Blade Server
A component of a computer that takes binary data from the CPU and translates it into an image you see on the device's display
Computer Graphics Card
A storage device that stores data in memory chips rather than on hard disk drives or optical media
Solid State Storage Device *SSD*
Software designed to support teamwork either in the same location or multiple locations
Workgroup application software
A set of programming instructions and standards that enable one microservice to access and use the services of another miscroservice
Application Programming Interfaces *API*
The use of a collection of computers, often owned by multiple individuals or organizations, that work in a coordinated manner to solve a common problem.
Grid Computing
A set of electronic circuits on one small piece semiconductor material, normally silicon.
Integrated Circuit (IC)
A type of sequential secondary storage medium, now primarily for storing backups of critical data in the event of a disaster
Magnetic Tape
One of a kind software designed for a specific application
Proprietary software
A systems that speeds processing by linking hundreds or thousands of processors to operate at the same time
Massively Parallel Processing System
A system that enables organizatiosn to quantify and qualify their ability to provide a predictable level of performance.
Four Tiers of Data Center Classification