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34 Cards in this Set
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Communicating two or more signals over a common channel
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mutliplexing
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Using more than one CPU at a time
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multiprocessing
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The process of looking for and removing errors in a program
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debug
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Hostile and insulting interaction between Internet users
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flaming
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A device which translate between the analog phone line and the digital computer
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modem
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Computer that is the heart of a network of computers or terminals which allows hundreds of people to work at the same time on the same data.
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mainframe
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To conceal information by means of a code or cipher
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encrypt
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The instructions that the computer uses to tell itself how it "operates"
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operating system
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Allowing communication in only one direction at a time
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simplex
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A process of transferring data by placing it in a temporary working area where another program may access it for processing at a later point in time
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spooling
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the part of the CPU that executes the computer's commands by doing arithmetic or the logical comparisons <(less than),> (greater than), and = (equal to).
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Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU)
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Writes the program into machine language that the CPU can understand
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compiler
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A design technique that lays out the processing in a simple but standardized language so that logic can be examined before it is translated into more complex programming language
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pseudocode
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First symbolic languages assembled into strings of 1's & 2's
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assembly language
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A mini program that is embedded in a Web document and executed by a browser after downloading
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applet
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an applet that runs on a server
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servlet
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Term given to a hypertext system that uses multimedia resources
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hypermedia
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A method of preparing and publishing text so that the user can select their own path through the material
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hypertext
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Underlined words or phrases, that display another page of information when the user clicks on the link with a mouse
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hyperlink
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software that aids in management decision making
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Decision Support System (DSS)
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software that promotes communication and collaboration among a group of people
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Groupware
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a collection of related software packages from the same vendor that are bundled together at one price
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software suite
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a collection of related elements, usually with two different data types
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record
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defines what kind of values can be stored in a variable or other data structure element such as integer or text
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data type
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A record is given a name and each element in the record is called a ______
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field
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A set of computer programs that controls the creation, maintenance, and use of the databases of an organization
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database management system (DBMS)
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A database of all the names and descriptions of all types of data records and their relationships
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data dictionary
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data is stored as an upside down tree structure with a root at the highest level and data stored down the branches- this is an example of a one-to-many relationship among the records because one root has many branches
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hierarchical model (DBMS)
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A DBMS model where information at any level can point to multiple pieces of information
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network model
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DBMS model which makes the data appear as a relation- a two dimensional table
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relational model
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DBMS model that is related to object-oriented programming and consists of objects, attributes, classes, methods and messages.
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object oriented model
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a relational database management system that is designed to support management decision making
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data warehouse
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a smaller version of a data warehouse that focuses on one subject area
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data mart
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Provides a mechanism for extracting previously unknown trends or forecasts from the data in a data warehouse or data mart
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data mining
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