Information Science Chapter 1

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Network.

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collection of computers and devices coonected together often wirelessly via communication devices and transmission media

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Resources

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hardware, software, data and information, sharedn on a network

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Internet

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worldwide collection od networks that connect millions of businesses educational insitutions and individuals

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web (www)

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worldwide web billions of documents, popular internet choice

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Web page

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contains text, graphics animation or aduio and video

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web 2.0

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web sites that provide a user to share peronsal info, modify web site contents, and have software

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GUI

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graphical user interface interact with software using text graphic visual images

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icon

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a miniature image that represent a program intrusction or other object

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System Software

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programs that control or maintain the operations of the computer and its devices

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application software

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programs designed to make users more proudctive and assist them with a personal task

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Operating System

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set of programs that coordinate all the activites among the computer hardware devices

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utility

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allows user to perform maintenence-type tasks usually related to managing a computer its devices or its programs

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installing

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process od setting up software to work with your computer printer and other hardware

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loading

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process of copying the program from storage to memory

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programmer

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someone who develops software or writes intructions that direct the computer to process the data into info

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computer literacy

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having a current knowledge of computers and their users

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computer

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electronic device operating under the control of instructions stored in its own memory that can accept data according to specific rules

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data

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collection of unproccesed items which can include text audio or video

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information

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conveys meaning and is useful to people

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information prcessing cycle

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seies of input output process and storage`

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hardware

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electric, electronic and mechanical components

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input devices

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

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output device

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any hardware component that conveys info to one or mre people

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CPU

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central processing unit electronic component that interprets and carries out instructions that operate the computer

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memory

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electronic coomponents that store instructions waiting to be executed and data needed by those instructions

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Storage/ Storage Device

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records and/or retrieves items to and from storage media

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Communication Device

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hardware component that allows a computer to send and receive data, instructions, and information to and from one or more computers or mobile devices.

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convergence

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trend of computers and devices with technology that overlap

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personal computer

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a computer that can perform all of its input, output, processing and storage by itself.

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desktop computer

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a computer designed so that the system unit, input and output devices and any other devices fit entirely under your desk/table

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mobile computer

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personal computer you can carry from place to place

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laptop computer

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portable, personal computer often designed to fit in your lap, thin and lightweight

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Tablet PC

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special type of notebook computer that aloowes you to write or draw on the screen using a digital pen

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Embedded Computer

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

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Server

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

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Mainframe

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

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Supercomputer

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fastest, most powerful computerm and most expensive. capable of processing more than a quadrillion instructions a second.

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Operating System

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

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Tower

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computer system who's components are arranged vertically

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Handheld

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a computer small enough to fit into your hand