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Application server handles all application operations between a user and an organization's back-end business systems Application Software applies the computer to a specific task for an end user, such as processing an order or generating a mailing list 00:04 01:28 Apps small pieces of software that run on the Internet, on a computer, or on a mobile phone and are generally delivered over the Internet Open-Source Software provides all computer users with free access to its program code so they can modify the code to fix errors or make improvements Operating System system software that manages and controls computer's activities Centralized Processing all processes are accomplished by one large central computer (rare) Client user point of entry Client/Server Computing splits processing between "clients" and "servers" with both being on same network but each functioning assignment is best suited for the one completing that particular process Cloud Computing model of computing where computer processing, storage, software, and other services are provided as a pool of virtualized resources over a network, primarily internet Distributed Processing the use of multiple computers linked by a communications network for processing (common) XML - Extensible Markup Language more powerful and flexible markup language than HTML for Web pages, allowing data to be manipulated by the computer GUI (Graphical User Interface) extensive use of icons, buttons, bars and boxes 00:01 01:28 HTML - Hypertext Markup Language page description language for specifying how text, graphics, video and sound are placed on a web page and for creating dynamic links to other webpages and objects Legacy Systems generally older transaction processing system created for older computers that continue to be used to avoid the high cost of replacing or redesigning them Linux a UNIX - like operating system that can be downloaded from the internet for free Magnetic Tape inexpensive, older secondary-storage in which large volumes of information are stored sequentially by means of magnetized and non-magnetized spots on tape Magnetic Disk A secondary storage medium in which data are stored by means of magnetized spots on a hard or floppy disk