Exam 4: The Internet, the Cloud, and Communications

An ______________ is a record or file associated with another record for the purpose of storage or transfer.

Main data routes between large,high-capacity academic commercial,and government routers are collectively called the _________________.

Software may used immediately by a simply downloading the program and purchasing the license using a credit card.

Internet service providers (ISPs)are companies that provide users with access to the World Wide Web,or as it is now more commonly referred,the internet or the cloud.

Attorney Kate Sandberg needed to upgrade the basic office software (such as MS Office)for her small firm.She asked her paralegal,Mary Worth,to research and purchase a new suite of office applications for their existing computer hardware.Most of the computers in the office were at least 4 years old.What information about the computers should Mary carefully review? What factors are most important to consider when selecting the software?

The______ is the open standard for compression and decompression used widely for PC download archives.

Because a computer may only backup what is on the computer at the time of the backup,archiving will help with saving email data.

Attorney Jack Parsons has lost an important lawsuit,and all appeals were exhausted.After closing the file,Jack instructed his paralegal,Jim Cassidy,to carefully save all of the client's e-mails in a specially designated e-mail archive.Why would archiving these e-mails be a potentially valuable practice?

When received with an email,files and attachments cannot be opened and reviewed right away,but instead must be downloaded and saved to the individual's computer.

Data such as file name,size,and location is known as:

Describe some of the ways that the practice of law has changed as a result of the Internet.

All of the federal ______ courts have implemented e-filing.

When you send a message,the ___________ software in your computer looks at the address to see if the destination address is one of the devices attached to your computer or some other device.

Scrambling documents using algorithms/mathematical formulas is known as:

An IP address refers to the numeric address assigned to each computerized device that connects to the internet.

In its most basic function,a router is a specialized computing device that routes messages to their intended destinations,much like a coin sorter sorts coins into the proper slots or bins.

Static files are files that:

A small law firm is building a network for connecting the entire firm to the Internet.The firm will connect eight different team members using eight workstations.Should the firm use a switch or a hub for the network? Explain the reasons for your choice

A network is a device used to translate the electrical signals for transmission over connections so that computers can "talk" to each other.