chapter sixteen

Question 1

cloud

Answer 1

using computer resources like a hard drive or software that exists on another computer connected by a network

Question 2

what are advantages of hard drives?

Answer 2

speed, storage, and file management

Question 3

what are disadvantages of hard drives?

Answer 3

thy have to be backed up on a regular basis

Question 4

iDrives

Answer 4

“Internet Drive” off-site file storage (GoDaddy.com)

Question 5

Cloud Service Providers (CSP)

Answer 5

google, microsoft, or dropbox would back up automatically

Question 6

what are disadvantages of the cloud?

Answer 6

privacy

Question 7

terms of service (TOS)

Answer 7

must be signed before CSPs are willing to let your port your data and information to their cloud

Question 8

infrastructure as a service (IaaS)

Answer 8

hosts supplies, hardware, software applications, servers and storage via the internet

Question 9

IaaS provider host

Answer 9

Windows Azure

Google Compute Engine

Question 10

on-demand

Answer 10

IaaS can quickly adjust and supply more computing power

Question 11

pay-as-you-go model

Answer 11

customer can use (per hour, per week, per month) that eliminates the cost of having to buy new computers

Question 12

Storage as a Service (StaaS)

Answer 12

storing or renting space from a CSP

Question 13

what is a criticism of StaaS

Answer 13

requires the business using it to increase its bandwidth

Question 14

Software as a Service (SaaS)

Answer 14

“on-demand” software, the CSP installs and operates application software in the cloud that the cloud user can use

Question 15

SaaS makes a cloud user truly mobile

Answer 15

eliminates the need to install and run application software on the cloud user’s own computer

Question 16

what need does the cloud replace?

Answer 16

the need for office space

Question 17

Apache OpenOffice

Answer 17

an open-source business software suite that has a word processor like Microsoft Word, a spreadsheet like Excel, presentation software like PowerPoint, and a database like Access

Question 18

what is the original name of Apache OpenOffice?

Answer 18

OpenOffice.org (administered by Sun Microsystems and then Oracle)

Question 19

“Writer”

Answer 19

OpenOffice word processor

can produce PDFs and web pages

Question 20

“Calc”

Answer 20

OpenOffice spreadsheet

Question 21

“Impress”

Answer 21

presentation software

Question 22

“Base”

Answer 22

database software

Question 23

“Draw”

Answer 23

graphics editor

Question 24

Platform as a Service (SaaS)

Answer 24

when a cloud provider supplies a computer platform (like Windows) through the internet

Question 25

disadvantages of PaaS

Answer 25

may not be flexible enough to allow the company to grow