Information Science Chapter 1

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having current knowledge of computers and their uses

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Computer Literacy

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collection of unprocessed items, which can include text, numbers, images, audio, and video

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Data

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electronic device, operating under the control of instructions stored in its own memory, that can accept data according to specified rules, produce results, and store the results for future use

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Computer

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series of input, process, output, and storage activities

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Information Processing Cycle

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processed data that conveys meaning and is useful to people

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Information

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any hardware component that allows you to enter data and instructions into a computer

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Input Device

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electric, electronic, mechanical components; i.e. input devices, output devices, system unit, storage devices, and communication devices

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Hardware

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consists of electronic components that store instructions waiting to be executed and data needed by those instructions

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Memory

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any hardware component that conveys information to one or more people

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Output Device

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electronic component that interprets and carries out the basic instructions that operate the computer

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CPU (Central Processing Unit)

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hardware component that enables a computer to transmit and recieve data, instructions, and information to and from one or more computers or mobile devices

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Communications Device

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holds data, instructions, and information for future use//
writes and reads items to and from storage media

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Storage/Storage Device

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hardware, software, data, and information.

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Resources

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a collection of computer and devices connected together, often wirelessly, via communications devices and transmission media.

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Network

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contains billions of documents called webpages.

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Web or WWW (World Wide Web)

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web sites that provide a means for users to share personal information, allow users to modify the website's contents, and/or have software built into the site for users.

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Web 2.0

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contains text, graphics, animations, audio, and video.

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Web Page

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a worldwide collection of networks that connects millions of business, governement agencies, educational institutions, and individuals

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Internet

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interaction platform with the software that uses texts, graphics, and visual images such as icons

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GUI (graphical user interface)

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consists of programs that control or maintain the operations of the computer and devices.

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System Software

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a miniature image that represents a program, instruction, or another object.

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Icon

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consists of programs designed to make users productive and/or assist them with personal tasks

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Application Software

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a set of programs that coordinate all the activities among the computer's hardware devices

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Operating System

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maintenance

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Utility

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a program that allows a user to preform maitenance type tasks, usually related to managing a computer, its devices, or its programs.

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Utility Program

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someone who develops or writes the computer to process data and information.

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Programmer/Developer

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a program is copied from storage to memory

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Loading

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process of setting up software to work with a computer, printer, and other hardware

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Installing

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computers and devices whose technolgy overlap

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Convergence

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is a computer that can prefrom all of its input, processing, output, and storage activities by itself

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Personal Computer

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portable, personal computer often designed to fit on your lap.

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Notebook/Laptop Computer

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a personal computer you can carry from place to place.

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Mobile Computer

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designed so that the system unit, input devices, output devices, and any other devices that fit entirely on or under a desk.

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Desktop Computer

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a special type of notebook computer that allows you to write or draw using a digital pen.

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Tablet PC

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a special-purpose computer that functions as a component in a larger product.

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Embedded Computer

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large, expensive, and powerful computer that can handle hundreds or thousands of connected users simultaneously

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Mainframe

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controls access to the hardware, software, and other resources on a network and provides a centralized storage area for programs, data, and information

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Server

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is the fastest, most powerful, and most expensive computer.

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Supercomputer

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a set of programs that coordinates all of the activities among computer hardware devices.

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Operating System

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something small enough to fit in one hand.

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Handheld

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A popular style of the system unit containment. CPU and electronic devices that sit on a desk or floor.

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Tower