Exam 3: Distributed Data Processing

________ refers to everything that enables an organization to create,manipulate,and manage very large data sets (measured in terabytes,petabytes,exabytes,etc.)and the facilities in which these are stored.

A __________ is a facility that houses computer systems and their associated components including storage and telecommunication systems.

The distinguishing feature of the _________ is that it provides access to corporate resources by authorized outside clients,typically suppliers and customers of the organization.

An _________ provides users of client devices with applications associated with the Internet but isolated within the organization.

Database applications are always distributed applications.

A partitioned database is by definition not a replicated database.

A data processing facility may depart in varying degrees from the centralized data processing organization by implementing a DDP strategy.

SAP's in-memory computing system is called _________.

In a centralized architecture,the data processing for an application takes place on the user's computing device.

Which of the following does distributed processing typically not support?

Which of the following is a category of ASP business?

The three ways of organizing data for use by an organization are:

Retail point-of-sale systems are an example of horizontal partitioning of data processing.

The businesses that provide computer-based services to business subscribers over a network are called ___________.

Two types of distributed data processing are horizontal and _________ partitioning.

No redundancy guarantees for servers,storage systems,network equipment, and communication connections to Internet or other networks; single path for power and cooling distribution; no redundant components; and availability: 99.671% are _________ characteristics of data centers.

Centralized data processing typically involves terminals connected to large computers in a central data processing facility.

An increasingly common organizational approach for distributed data processing is the ___________ architecture.

Which of the following is NOT a benefit of distributed data processing?

Accessibility refers to the percentage of time that a particular function or application is available for users.