itec 200 exam 1 questions & answers
data - ANSWERSincludes raw facts, no context, numbers and texts
information - ANSWERSincludes context, processed data, value added (summarized, organized,
analyzed)
information system - ANSWERSa set of hardware, software, data, people, and procedures that
work together to produce information
information system components - ANSWERShardware, software, data, user, network
moores law - ANSWERSthe number of transistors per square inch on an integrated chip doubles
every 18 months
motherboard - ANSWERS* connects hardware components
* bus speed measured in MHz
* how much data can move across the bus simultaneously
CPU - ANSWERS* Prcoesses data
* clock speed measured in GHZ
* how many calculations it can perform in one second of time
teraflop - ANSWERSa measure of speed equivalent to 1 trillion calculations per second
RAM - ANSWERS* Short term memory storage
, * data transfer rate measured in MB/s
* time for data to be transferred from memory to system
Disk (hdd) or SSD - ANSWERS* Long term memory storage
* data storage capacity measured in GB
* Access time measured in ms
* data transfer rate measured in mbit/s
bluetooth - ANSWERSchip technology that enables short-range connection (data and voice)
between wireless devices
*
software - ANSWERSis the set of computer instructions that is created through the process of
programming and tells hardware what to do.
Categories of Software - Operating Systems (OS) - ANSWERSManage the hardware resources of
the computer
Provide user-interface components
Provide a platform to run applications
Categories of Software - Applications - ANSWERSproductivity, enterprise, gaming, utility,
programming
Hardware/Software "Layer Cake" - ANSWERSuser, application, operating system, hardware
client - ANSWERSsoftware that makes requests of a server
data - ANSWERSincludes raw facts, no context, numbers and texts
information - ANSWERSincludes context, processed data, value added (summarized, organized,
analyzed)
information system - ANSWERSa set of hardware, software, data, people, and procedures that
work together to produce information
information system components - ANSWERShardware, software, data, user, network
moores law - ANSWERSthe number of transistors per square inch on an integrated chip doubles
every 18 months
motherboard - ANSWERS* connects hardware components
* bus speed measured in MHz
* how much data can move across the bus simultaneously
CPU - ANSWERS* Prcoesses data
* clock speed measured in GHZ
* how many calculations it can perform in one second of time
teraflop - ANSWERSa measure of speed equivalent to 1 trillion calculations per second
RAM - ANSWERS* Short term memory storage
, * data transfer rate measured in MB/s
* time for data to be transferred from memory to system
Disk (hdd) or SSD - ANSWERS* Long term memory storage
* data storage capacity measured in GB
* Access time measured in ms
* data transfer rate measured in mbit/s
bluetooth - ANSWERSchip technology that enables short-range connection (data and voice)
between wireless devices
*
software - ANSWERSis the set of computer instructions that is created through the process of
programming and tells hardware what to do.
Categories of Software - Operating Systems (OS) - ANSWERSManage the hardware resources of
the computer
Provide user-interface components
Provide a platform to run applications
Categories of Software - Applications - ANSWERSproductivity, enterprise, gaming, utility,
programming
Hardware/Software "Layer Cake" - ANSWERSuser, application, operating system, hardware
client - ANSWERSsoftware that makes requests of a server
