Exam 1: Why Study Computers and Digital Technologies

Data refers to the items stored on a digital electronics device, including ____.

A smart phone typically connects to a PC through a(n) ____________________ station or cradle, a small stand for a handheld device that is used to recharge its battery and to connect to a PC.

Digital refers to technologies and devices based on ____.

Information security refers to the protection of information systems and the information they manage against unauthorized access, use, manipulation, or destruction, and against the denial of service to authorized users. _________________________

Computer ____________________ is a working understanding of the fundamentals of computers and their uses.

Embedded computers, sometimes called ____________________, are special-purpose computers (typically an entire computer on one chip) that are embedded in electrical and mechanical devices in order to control them.

In banking, computers are used to instantly move billions of dollars from one institution to another, using electronic value transfer. _________________________

____________________ information systems support online transactions, such as a customer purchasing music at eMusic.com or a bank transferring funds between accounts.

Systems programming is the activity of creating new systems or modifying existing ones. _________________________

A ____ Support System is an information system used to support problem-specific decision making, such as an online dating service's list of compatible partners or an investment firm's supercomputer system for analyzing stock performance.

When bits and bytes are processed to a format that is useful to people, the result is called data. _________________________

An area of AI called computer vision uses video cameras as eyes for a computer system that can tirelessly "watch" objects or areas and accurately interpret what it is "seeing."

Peter has just joined a mid-sized toy company and is in charge of maintaining the company's servers. -When Peter hears that people are having trouble sending and receiving e-mail messages, he looks into fixing the ____ server.

The chief ____ officer typically works under a CIO and specializes in hardware and related equipment and technology.

Engineer analysts are information professionals responsible for designing information systems. _________________________

The most powerful cell phones double as handheld computers and media players. ____ cell phones offer high-speed Internet access.

The only two possible values for binary digits are a 1 or a 2.

____ theory attempts to explain both large-scale physics and the physics of subatomic particles, in which a particle's location in space is not certain at any point in time, but is based on mathematical probability instead.

Technology refers to tools, materials, and processes that help solve ____ problems.

The expression information technology (IT) can be defined as issues related to the components of a(n) ____ information system.