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| Programs that control operations of the computer and its devices |
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| Programs with instructions that coordinate the activity of hardware resources |
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| Utility (Utility Program) |
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| Type of SYSTEM SOFTWARE allows maintenance tasks for computer, devices, or programs |
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| Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition |
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| Technology that allows almost any program to run on the Internet or internal business network |
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| Software enabling programmers to create applications that communicate with other computers over the Internet |
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| Database that stores and manages data required to analyze historical and current transactions |
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| AI (Artificial Intelligence) |
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| Applied human intelligence to computers (i.e. Senses person's action based on historical data and logical assumptions) |
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| Identifies specific set of steps involved in completing a process |
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| Program assisting in management/tracking of activities in a process |
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| Compares data to set of rules or values to see if the data is correct |
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| System Development Life Cycle |
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(PADIO) Acroynm for the Phases
1. Planning
2. Analysis
3. Design
4. Implementation
5. Operation, Support, and Security |
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| Malicious Sofware is programs that act without user knowing and alter computer operations. Examples are Viruses, Worms, Trojan Horses, and Rootkits |
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| VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) ability to transfer voice or multimedia over the Internet |
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| Online area for discussions among users where anyone can "post" a comment |
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| Sales force automation, software for traveling salespeople to help with organization (kinda like a PDA but software for a computer or phone) |
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| Computer-Aided Design, uses computer with specialized software for Engineers or Product Development |
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| Material Requirements Planning, software to monitor information management and production for Manufacturers |
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| Can answer "What if" scenarios making it more sophisticated than MRP |
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| Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, incorporates CAD, CAE, and CAM |
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| Computer-Aided Engineering, tests the product designs created from CAD |
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| Computer-Aided Manufacturing, controls production equipment processes |
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| Encrypted code that is attached to an electronic message to verify the identity of the sender |
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| Program or instructions that allow a user to bypass security controls when accessing information, program, etc. |
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| Similar to PHISHING, scam where person attempts to access your information via phony Web sites AKA SPOOFING |
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| Intruders make their network or Internet transmission appear legitimate when they are in fact phony (i.e. fake Web page, fake e-mail) |
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| Perpetrator sends an e-mail that appears legitimate and asks for personal information or the e-mail redirects you to phony Web page |
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| Duplicates data for back-up purposes |
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| Divides data over multiple disk drives to allow multiple operations to run simultaneously |
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| Database Management System/Database Software, allows user to interact with data as well as input data |
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| Query by Example, basically has an example to show the user how to sort and filter |
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| Extensible Markup Language, allows Web developers to customize their Sites and allows the content to be formatted for many devices |
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| Use of Web sites to encourage users to share their thoughts and personal things (i.e. blog, podcast, etc.) |
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| Multimedia Messaging Service, ability to send multimedia from mobile phones (extension of SMS) |
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| Short Message Service, text only service for mobile, Web, or other devices |
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| Global Positioning System, navigation system (obviously) that receives satellite signals to determine location |
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| Text file stored on computer from Web server (username, password,viewing preferences) |
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| Also called Proxy Server, is the computer that all requests from other computers are processed through |
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| Computer that is controlled by outsider, but owner is unaware. Just like a ZOMB! |
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| Emergency Repair Disk, created by using BACKUP UTILITY, contains information about current system in case of crash |
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| Stores the system's settings either on external storage device or to Web storage (Cloud) |
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| Unified Modeling Language, language for specifying and visualizing complex software (object oriented) |
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| Transmission path, similar to Expansion Buses where the current travels along the etched paths |
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| Hardware, enables transmission and receipt of data, instructions, and information (DI&I) |
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| List of steps/instructions between a role and a system that achieve a goal |
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| Collaborative Software that increases efficiency of group work by allowing sharing over a network |
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| Text that has references to other locations of the file/Web site (HYPERLINKS) |
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| Working model of proposed system (part of Design Phase of SDLC) |
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| Program on computer without user's knowledge and collects information about the user |
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| E-mail or Newsgroup post sent to many people at once (Junk Mail) |
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| Ability for software or computing methods to be used on different computer platforms (e.g. Windows and Linux) |
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| Denial of Service, an attack done to disrupt computer access to an Internet service; clutter server with useless information so no one can access the services (Web or E-mail) |
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| Ability to authenticate a person's ID by their personal characteristics (e.g. fingerprint) |
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| Attempt to find patterns in large data sets, intersection of CS and Statistics |
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| It's the Design View in Microsoft Access that shows the Design and Field Properties |
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| Redundant Array of Independent Disks, group of two or more integrated hard disks |
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| Storage area for programs, data and information, where other computers access resources on the network |
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| Part of company network where customers/suppliers have access to certain areas of the intranet (Internal Network) to place an order or receive an order |
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| Computer-aided Software Engineering, support one or more areas of system development |
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| Measure of how suitable the development of a system will be for an organization |
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| Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (802.16) created by IEEE is the new standard for wireless device communications |
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| Radio wave transmissions of data between devices |
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| Fiber-to-the-Home, designed for homes...duh |
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| Wireless Application Protocol, specifies how mobile devices can display Internet services |
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| Digital communication method that groups data into "packets" which helps increase CHANNEL capacity of servers, and time to receive data |
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| Indicates legitimacy of a Web site, it defines a secure site |
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| Office Information System, system that allows employees to perform tasks through computers and devices instead of manually do so |
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| Transaction Processing Systems, system that captures and processes data from day-to-day business activities |
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| Decision Support System, analyzes information and makes decisions |
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| Executive Information System, type of Management Information System (MIS) for senior executives with internal and external information. Specialized DSS |
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| Request for Quote, when someone asks what it's going to cost for a product |
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| Request for System Services...you might want to buy something...? FUCK THIS TERM! |
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| Request for Information, that's what it is... |
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| Request for Proposals, I don't know what else to say about these "Requests" they're dumb as fuck |
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| Collaboration of many works or ideas that emerge as one product (e.g. video game) |
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| Website area made available to certain groups of users (ability to post items) |
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| Web application combining services from two or more sources that creates a new application |
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| Application Programming Interface, collection of tools used to interact with Web site or operating system |
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| Really Simple Syndication or RDF (Resource Description Framework) Site Summary, application of XML |
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| Extensible Markup Language, used to create customized tags or predefined tags whose content is formatted to be viewed on various devices |
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| Also called Computing Platform, integration of hardware and software which gives the application program the ability to run on different OS |
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| The convergence of real world and virtual world...WOAH. Facebook is a Web 3.0 example because of interactivity |
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| Intertwining of multimedia and text...that's essentially it |
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| Basic Input/Output System, first code read by the computer when powered on, it is the 'boot firmware' |
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| Power On Self Test, the first program/instruction run in BIOS, also known as the 'pre-boot sequence' |
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| Hides within or looks like a legitimate program, but does not replicate itself like a WORM or VIRUS |
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| Copies itself repeatedly, perhaps in memory, using up system resources and possibly forcing a shut-down |
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| Program that alters the process of the system without user knowledge or permission |
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| Information systems that can share information between other IS within an enterprise |
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| Measures ability of hardware, software application, or information system to grow to meet performance needs (mo' data, mo' problems) |
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| Operating system that enables two or more users to run programs simultaneously (SERVER, MAINFRAME, SUPERCOMPUTER etc.) |
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| Operating system supporting two or more PROCESSORS running programs at the same time |
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| Uninterruptible Power Supply, surge protection circuits and battery supply for loss of power...PHEW! |
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| BROADBAND media can transmit multiple signals simultaneously (BANDWIDTH - Amount of data that can be transmitted in a time period) |
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| The delay between when information was requested and when it was received (i.e. LAG/GAYYYY) in regards to PACKET SWITCHING networks/INTERNET |
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| Process of converting readable data into unreadable data characters to prevent unauthorized access |
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| SPOOL (Specific Peripheral Operations On-line), the ability for a program to send one task to a peripheral and while that is being processed by the SPOOL device, perform other tasks within the program (SOOOOO MUCH TYPING AHHHH!) |
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| Network standard that no central computer/device (nodes - idea that every device is equal in opportunity) on network determines when data can be transmitted, used a lot for LAN |
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| Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, the network standard for Internet communications (uses Ethernet standard, as well as TCP/IP) |
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| Incorporates comfort, efficiency, and safety in a computer affiliated workplace |
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| Subgroup of DATA WAREHOUSE, where the information of customers is used for BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE (BI |
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| HYPERTEXT Markup Language, format language programmers use to format documents to be viewed on Web browsers |
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| HYPERTEXT Transfer Protocol, the "rules" for transferring HYPERTEXT, a link to documents formatted in HTML, over the World Wide Web |
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| Name for ENCRYPTED data which is unreadable without the ENCRYPTION KEY |
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| Programmed formula used by sender to ENCRYPT the data and used by receiver to DECRYPT the data |
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| American Standard Code for Information Interchange & Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code (good acronyms), character-encoding schemes devised, where ASCII was 7-bit & EBCDIC was 8-bit |
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| Bridge between applications and the actual data processing done at the hardware level, it is the main component of OS |
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| Value-Added Network, third-party business that provide networking services for a fee (no longer exist) |
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| Local Area Network, connects computers and devices in a limited geographical area, (e.g. home, office, school, etc.) |
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| Metropolitan Area Network, high-speed network connecting LAN's in a big city to handle bulk of communications in that region |
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| Wide Area Network, covers a large geographic area (city, state, country, or the ENTIRE WORLD!!!) using many communications channels, like radio waves, cables, or telephone lines |
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| Virtual Private Network, when a customer, vendor, or mobile user connects to a company's network VPN provides secure connection to the network server |
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| Also called Network Topology, is the layout of computers and devices in a communications network (STAR, BUS, and RING) |
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| Ummmm...the interrelation of different hardware components of the system. I don't know just think of ARCHITECTURE and apply it to computers (blueprints and shit) |
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| Standard that outlines characteristics of how two devices communicate |
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| Interactive Web site where users post their articles (thoughts) and others can respond to the articles |
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| COLLABORATIVE Web site where people can add, delete, modify or create content from their Web browser |
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| The classification and grouping of information within a business based on predetermined systems |
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| Binary digit, is either [0 or 1], the simplest form of what a computer actually "reads" |
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| Group of 8 BITS which create characters which can convey data/information (256 different characters can be created) |
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| Small program that tells the OS how to communicate with a specific device |
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| Is a multiplier of ports essentially. You plug it into a port on the system unit and it contains multiple ports to access |
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| Connects multiple computers or other routers together and transmits data to it's destination on the network |
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| Acceptable Use Policy, written statement preventing unauthorized use and access |
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| Database that stores data in tables with rows (each with a primary key) and columns (each with a unique name) |
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| Data is organized in layers (levels) and each level higher contains more items from the lower levels [e.g. File contains Record; Record contains Field; Field contains characters] |
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| Data and the actions (instructions) that read or process the data are stored together (in OBJECTS) making them better than RELATIONAL DATABASES |
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| Stores data in dimensions, unlike Relational Databases which is two-dimensional table [e.g. ID,Region,Sales,Customers in one table and ID,Department,Employees in the other table; Multidimensional Data can link ID from both tables] |
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| Reorganization of a file so the contents are contiguous on hard disk, speeding up disk access |
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| Shrink file so it requires less storage space for original file, improving system performance (zipped files = compressed files; uncompress returns file to original form) |
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| Developer term for a record in a database (User term for a record is row) |
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