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facility used to house computer systems and associated components

data center

Reliability, Latency, Redundancy, Efficiency, Utilization efficiency

Data Center Requirements

Main types of pc software

Application and System software

operating system software does what

Manage hardware, input & output, provide platform

list operating systems

Mac, Linux, windows, Unix, IOS, ANdroid, Chrome

what broadly describes the seperation of a resource or request for a service from underlying physical delivery of that service?

virtualization

the combination of a hardware device with instructions and data that resides as "read only" software on that device?

firmware

set of one or more programs designed to permit the user to perform a group of coordinated functions, tasks, or activities

Application software

set of one or more programs designed to permit the user to perform a group of coordinated functions, tasks, or activities

Application software

answer

three types of application software?

general purpose, industry specific, one of a kind

what makes software source code available with a license that provides the rights to study, change, and distribute the software

open source model

well known open source software

Linux, Apache, Firefox

native applications run on how many op

one

what does API

Application Programming Interfaces

An API is like an agreement stating what?

if you give me this instruction, I will perform this action, or return this information

what are the four V's of big data?

Volume, Variety, Velocity, Veracity

what is a database?

self describing collection of integrated records

what is purpose of database?

store data, provide structure, and mechanism to interact

in a database what are columns called and what do they store

they are called fields and store data representing attributes

in a database what do rows store

data for separate records

what are the three database components

files/tables, relationship among rows, metadata

what is a primary key

field or group of fields that identifies a unique record in a table

true or false- not every table in a database must have a primary key

false

what is a foreign key

a primary key from a different table

what does C.R.U.D stand for

create, read, update, delete

what are the four DBMS components

tables, forms, queries, reports

before building a database, developers first create a logical representation called what?

data model

what is the cloud

elastic leasing of pooled computer resources over the internet

in essence what does Moore's Law state

processors are cheap, storage and data communication are essentially free

what is a network

any interconnected group or system

what are computer networks

collections of computers that communicate with each other

what is a protocol

set of rules and data structures for organizing communication

what three things does the internet require

rules for packaging data, network, route for data

what does DNS stand for

Domain Name System

Rand corporation conclusion

shifts in nature of organizations favor strong non routine cognitive skills

what are nonroutine cognitive skills

abstract, reasoning, system thinking, collaboration, ability to experiment

broad based understanding of info and info systems includes

behavioral knowledge, technical knowledge, hands on familiarity

what are the parts in the five component framework

hardware, software, data, procedures, people

what is BIS

Management and use of info systems to achieve business goals

IT components

HW+SW+networks+data

IS=?

IS=IT+procedures+people

what is data

series of symbols representing qualitative or quantitative values

critical data characteristics

accurate, timely, relevant, just, sufficient, worth its cost

what is cooperation

people working together by doing same type of work

what is collaboration

people working together via feedback and iteration

what is Michael porter's model

five competitive forces determine the structure of every industry and shape the fate of companies

what is a value chain model

highlights specific activities in a business strategies can best be applied and where info systems are likely to have a strategic impact