Exam 1: Information Technology, the Internet, and You

Desktop, laptop, and tablet computers, and mobile devices are classified as _______.

_______ computing uses the Internet and the web to shift many computer activities from a user's computer to computers on the Internet.

Software is another name for a program or programs.

_______ are cell phones with wireless connections to the Internet.

Two important components of the system unit are the keyboard and the hard disk.

Smartphones are a type of handheld computer that do not need input, output, processing, or storage.

A microcomputer that is smaller, lighter, and less powerful than a notebook, and which has a touch sensitive screen, is called a _______.

The most widely used handheld computers are _______.

Highly structured and organized data is stored in database files.

The component of the information system that is described as raw, unprocessed facts, including text, numbers, images, and sounds, is called _______.

Identify the four basic categories of hardware in a microcomputer system.

Describe all the parts of an information system.

Identify the program that coordinates computer resources, provides an interface between users and the computer, and runs applications.

This computer component holds the program and data that is currently being processed.

The equipment that processes data in order to create information is called the _______.

Application software can be categorized as either general-purpose, specialized, or _______ apps.

A(n) _______ is a communications system connecting two or more computers.

Which technology allows users to shift their desktop computing activities to computers on the Internet?

RAM will retain data when the computer is turned off.

Secondary storage will retain data when the computer is turned off.