WGU C182 Objective Assessment - Questions with Answers Updated 2023/2024 Graded A+

WGU C182 Objective Assessment - Questions with Answers Updated 2023/2024 Graded A+. INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN PUT TO USE information placed into a context. Refined information such that the user of the knowledge is able to call forth only relevant portions of information when needed. - Knowledge in DIKW Provides a social setting to knowledge; AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE ((( WHY ))) Can only come by having BOTH KNOWLEDGE and EXPERIENCE - WISDOM The INPUT Processing, OUTPUT, STORAGE Cycle - I.P.O.S. Raw data is organized or structured for usefulness. - PROCESSED DATA Information is output so user can see results. - OUTPUT DATA Processed information is stored for permanent record. - STORAGE A collection of components that work together to meet the needs of the user; typically : CATEGORIZED AS EITHER HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, NETWORKS AND USERS - COMPUTER SYSTEM Physical components of a computer system which include the system unit and its components and peripheral devices; TANGIBLE ASPECTS OF THE COMPUTER - HARDWARE A collection of computers and resources CONNECTED by various media so that they can COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER. - NETWORK Systems Software and Applications Software - SOFTWARE CATEGORIES RULES provided by WHICH NETWORKS communicate with each other - IP PROTOCOL STORES the programs BEING EXECUTED and the data they are using. - COMPUTER MEMORY Controls THE SPEED at which instructions are processed. - SYSTEM CLOCK Stands for Random Access Memory. It temporarily stores data before it is processed and sent to your screen or printer. IT IS VOLATILE (means data or information stored disappears when the computer is turned off or loses power). - RAM Transistor components, magnetic core memory, smaller size, easier to program, disk drives and drums, called mainframe computers - 2nd Generation of Computers Silicon chips (known as ICs - integrated circuits), reduced cost, called mini computers, networks introduced via dumb terminals - 3rd Generation of Computers Written for a specific machine by the engineers who built and ran the computers; no need for OS since only one program could run at a time - Low-level Language Easier than machine but still required detailed, precise LOW LEVEL instructions - Assembly Language Function is to TRANSLATE ONE LANGUAGE TO ANOTHER; take source code and convert it to another form; source code by itself cannot be read by a computer - Language Translator Programs Programmer is limited to high level control constructs such as while loops, for loops, and if/else statements and not allowed to use primitive GOTO statements - Structured Programming A type of programming language for which most of its implementations EXECUTES INSTRUCTIONS DIRECTLY AND FREELY, without previously compiling a program into machine-language instructions. - Interpreted Language (Code)