Information Science Chapter One

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Network

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A collection of computers and devices connected together often wirelessly, via communication devices and transmission media

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Resources

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Hardware, software, data, and information shared by networks on computers.

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Internet

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World wide collection of networks that connects millions of businesses, government agencies, educational institutions and individuals

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Web or WWW

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World wide web, one of the more popular services on the internet

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Web page

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Can contain text, graphics,animation, audio, and video

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Web 2.0

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Websites that provide a means for users to share personal information, allows users to modify the web site contents, and have software built into the site for users to access

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GUI

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Graphic User Interface, interacts with the software using text, graphics, visual images such as icons

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Icon

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Miniature image that represents a program, an institution, or some other object

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System software

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

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Application software

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

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Operating System

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

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utility/ utility program

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allows a user to preform maintenance type tasks usually related to managing a computer, it devices, or its programs

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installing

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

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loading

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means the program is copied from storage to memory

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programmer

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sometimes called a developer, is someone who develops software or writes instructions that direct the computer to process data into information

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Computer Literacy

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Also known as digital literacy, involves having current knowledge and understanding of computers and their uses

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Computer

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Is an electronic device, operating under the control of instructions stored in its own memory, accepts data-processes data- produces results- stored for future use

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Data

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

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Information

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Conveys meaning and is useful to people

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Information and processing cycle

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Series of input, process, output, and storage activities

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Hardware

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Electric, electronic, and mechanical components of a computer

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Input Device

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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 device that conveys information to one or more people

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CPU

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Central processing unit, The electronic component that interprets and carries out the basic instructions that operate the computer

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Memory

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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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Storage/ Storage devices

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Records and/or retrieves items to and from storage media

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Communication device

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A hardware component that enables a computer to send and receive data, instructions, and info 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 technologies that overlap

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Personal Computer

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A computer that can perform all of its input, processing, output, and storage activities by itself. It contains a processor, memory, and one or more input/ output and storage devices. Also contains a communication device.

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Desktop Computer

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

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Mobile Computer

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A personal computer you can carry from place to place

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Notebook/ laptop Computer

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A portable personal computer often designed to fit in your lap

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Tablet PC

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

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Embedded Computer

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

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Server

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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 info. Serves several computers at the same time

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Mainframe

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A large, expensive, powerful computer that can handle hundreds or thousands of connected users simultaneously, Stores huge amounts of data, instructions, and info.

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Supercomputer

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The fastest, most powerful, and the most expensive computer capable of processing one quadrillion instructions in a single second

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Tower

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A desktop computer that sits vertically

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Handheld

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Ultra-Mobile Personal Computer (UMPC), a computer small enough to fit in one hand

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Operating System

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A software program/ set of programs that mediate access between physical devices and application programs