Business and Technology questions
with answers.
computers ANS - nearly every business has this, they are everywhere, they process =store receipts, test
scores, and sports statistics, they store, process, and report information for businesses, they design
factories, control traffic patterns, and measure medical test results
elements of a computer system ANS - input device
processing unit
memory and storage
output device
hardware ANS - The physical elements of a computer system, keyboards, cameras, microphones,
speakers, monitors, chips, and printers
software ANS - the instructions that run the computer system, word processing, spreadsheet, database,
presentation, and communications programs
global computer network (Internet) ANS - for accessing the World Wide Web, for exchanging e-mail
local computer network (Intranet) ANS - functions like a typical website, used to share information
within an organization
Input ANS - getting started, keyboard and mouse
Central Processing Unit (CPU) ANS - where processing takes place, control center of the computer
program ANS - most common way to give instructions to a computer, series of detailed, step-by-step
instructions that tell the computer what functions to complete
, computer language ANS - system of letters, words, numbers, and symbols to communicate
two main types of computer programs ANS - operating system software and application software
operating system software ANS - translates commands and allows application programs to interact
with the computer's hardware, most commonly used in Windows
application software ANS - Refers to programs that perform specific tasks such as word processing,
database management, or accounting
word processing ANS - an organization's reports, correspondence, and other information are created
with this software, allows the user to enter, store, revise, and print text for letters, memos, reports, or
standard business forms
desktop publishing ANS - word processing activities may be expanded to produce newsletters,
brochures, and other publications, usually includes graphics software to prepare charts, graphs, and
other visual elements
database processing ANS - organized collection of information with data items related to one another
in some way, database marketing has become popular, used to maintain, analyze, and combine
customer information files
spreadsheet ANS - programs used to format data in columns and rows in order to do calculations,
location where a column and row intersect is called a cell, usually used to prepare payroll records,
financial statements, budgets, and other financial documents
presentation software ANS - creating slide shows for educational and business seminars is common,
allows a speaker to show text, data, photos, and other visuals
memory ANS - 3rd major component, saving for later, internal and external
internal/primary storage ANS - memory within the computer, KB, MB, G, TB
with answers.
computers ANS - nearly every business has this, they are everywhere, they process =store receipts, test
scores, and sports statistics, they store, process, and report information for businesses, they design
factories, control traffic patterns, and measure medical test results
elements of a computer system ANS - input device
processing unit
memory and storage
output device
hardware ANS - The physical elements of a computer system, keyboards, cameras, microphones,
speakers, monitors, chips, and printers
software ANS - the instructions that run the computer system, word processing, spreadsheet, database,
presentation, and communications programs
global computer network (Internet) ANS - for accessing the World Wide Web, for exchanging e-mail
local computer network (Intranet) ANS - functions like a typical website, used to share information
within an organization
Input ANS - getting started, keyboard and mouse
Central Processing Unit (CPU) ANS - where processing takes place, control center of the computer
program ANS - most common way to give instructions to a computer, series of detailed, step-by-step
instructions that tell the computer what functions to complete
, computer language ANS - system of letters, words, numbers, and symbols to communicate
two main types of computer programs ANS - operating system software and application software
operating system software ANS - translates commands and allows application programs to interact
with the computer's hardware, most commonly used in Windows
application software ANS - Refers to programs that perform specific tasks such as word processing,
database management, or accounting
word processing ANS - an organization's reports, correspondence, and other information are created
with this software, allows the user to enter, store, revise, and print text for letters, memos, reports, or
standard business forms
desktop publishing ANS - word processing activities may be expanded to produce newsletters,
brochures, and other publications, usually includes graphics software to prepare charts, graphs, and
other visual elements
database processing ANS - organized collection of information with data items related to one another
in some way, database marketing has become popular, used to maintain, analyze, and combine
customer information files
spreadsheet ANS - programs used to format data in columns and rows in order to do calculations,
location where a column and row intersect is called a cell, usually used to prepare payroll records,
financial statements, budgets, and other financial documents
presentation software ANS - creating slide shows for educational and business seminars is common,
allows a speaker to show text, data, photos, and other visuals
memory ANS - 3rd major component, saving for later, internal and external
internal/primary storage ANS - memory within the computer, KB, MB, G, TB
