5.01 Key Terms

Question 1

cloud storage

Answer 1

Online storage that enables users to upload, store, and access their files via the Internet; users’ files are maintained by a third-party at a remote database storage facility

Question 2

cookies

Answer 2

Text files that are put on a website visitor’s hard disk and then later retrieved during subsequent visits to the site in order to track internet behavior. Mechanisms used by websites to track users’ browsing histories.

Question 3

data migration

Answer 3

the process of transferring data between storage types, formats, or computer system

Question 4

data processing

Answer 4

Handling information, especially facts. Converting facts and figures into useful information. Analyzing collected facts and figures and putting them into formats useful to a business

Question 5

data

Answer 5

facts and figures

Question 6

database

Answer 6

Computerized storage for information and facts

Question 7

hardware

Answer 7

The physical components of a computer system (e.g., the central processing unit, hard drive, modem)

Question 8

information system

Answer 8

set of coordinated network of components, which act together towards producing, distributing and or processing information.

Question 9

information technology

Answer 9

integration of computer with telecommunication equipment for storing, retrieving, manipulating and storage of data.

Question 10

intranet

Answer 10

An internal network similar to the Internet that is accessible only by authorized personnel; used to access information and communicate with others within an organization. A computer network that is restricted to the organization it serves; an internal Internet.

Question 11

software

Answer 11

Programs that instruct computers to perform specific operations