This processing device is sometimes called "the brain" of the computer
What is Central Processing Unit (CPU)?
100
Every computer has an operating system, which is the program that controls that computer's resources. The four major operating systems are. . .
What are "Windows, Mac OS, Unix, Linux?"
100
___________ are data that describes data.
What is "metadata"?
100
The three components in a data model are entities, ______ and ______
What are "attributes" and "identifiers"?
100
For a LAN to work, all devices on the LAN must use the same protocol. The world's most popular protocol for LANs is ________.
What is "IEEE 802.3 protocol" (I triple E)? (Ethernet)
200
Printers, speakers, and projectors are examples of ________ devices.
What are "output" devices?
200
A client-server application that requires nothing more than a browser is called a ________ client.
Wihat is "thin" client?
200
________ is a program used to create, process and administer a database.
What is a "database management system"?
WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPLES???
200
Database designers use _______ diagrams to show the relationships that entities have to each other.
What is "entity relationship (E:R) diagrams"?
200
Two types of modems are _______ and __________.
What are "digital subscriber line" (DSL" and "Cable" modems?
300
Computers represent data using binary digits, called bits. A bit is either a zero or a one. An 8-bit chunk is called a ______.
What is a "byte"?
300
This term is used to describe when the source code of a program is available to the public.
What is "open source"?
300
___________ is the international standard language for processing a database.
What is "Structured Query Language" or "SQL" (see-quell)
300
__________ is the process of converting a poorly structured table into two or more well-structured tables. This process often involves the elimination of duplicate or redundant data.
What is "normalization"?
300
This special-purpose computer moves network traffic from one node on the network to another.
What is a "router"?
400
This term is used to describe type of computer that a user employs for word processesing, spreadsheets, data base acces.
What is "client" computer?
400
A "column" and a "row" in a spreadsheet are comparable to a "_______" and a "______" in a database.
What are a "field" and a "record"?
400
A collection of forms, reports, queries and application programs that process a database is called. . .
What is a "database application"?
400
This type of network connects computers that reside in a single geographic location
What is a "local area network" or "LAN"?
400
_______ uses the Internet to create the appearance of private point-to-point connetions.
What is "Virtual Private Network" (VPN)?
500
This term refers to the computing network on the internet/
What is "cloud" or "cloud computing"?
500
A ________ is a column (field) or groups of columns (fields) that identifies a unique row (record).
What is a "key"?
500
This logical representation of database data describes the data and the relationships that will be stored in the database.
What is a "data model"?
500
This type of network connects computers between two or more separate sites.
What is "Wide Area Network" or "WAN"?
500
This computing device prevents unauthorized network access.