big idea 7 Flashcards
What have email, SMS, video chatting, social media, cloud computing, and chat fostered?
New ways to communicate and collaborate.
What does widespread access to information facilitate?
The identification of problems, development of solutions, and dissemination of results. Social media, such as blogs and Twitter, have enhanced dissemination.
What does public data provide?
Widespread access and it enables solutions to identified problems.
What is a predictor?
A search trend.
How does GPS impact lives?
Helps people travel, navigate, and find information related to geolocation.
Sensor network impact?
Sensor networks facilitate new ways of interacting with the environment and with physical systems.
How do computers come into play in scientific research?
By using scale and “citizen science”
What does crowdsourcing do?
Crowdsourcing offers new models for collaboration, such as connecting people with jobs and businesses with funding.
What is the move from desktop computers to a proliferation of always-on mobile computers leading to?
New applications
What areas do machine learning and data mining affect?
Medicine, business, and science.
Open access and creative commons have…
enabled broad access to digital information
Moore’s law?
Moore’s law has encouraged industries that use computers to effectively plan future research and development based on anticipated increases in computing power.
What are examples of ethical concerns brought by innovations in computing?
Access to music and movie downloads and streaming.
Do both authenticated and anonymous access of digital information raise concerns?
Yes.
How is anonymity in online interactions enabled?
Through the use of online anonymity software and proxy servers.
