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Final Exam Part 2 Flashcards

1
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What is virtualization?

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The process of hosting a virtual machine.

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What is the lost update problem?

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When two people edit a document in a multi-user processing system at the same time, the system will only save one version at a time. So the last one submitted is the one that stays.

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What does SQL stand for?

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Structured Query Language

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4
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What is 10/100/1000?

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This refers to Ethernet and is listing of the three different connection speeds in mbps.

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What is an access point?

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It’s the part of an LAN device that processes wireless traffic and communicates with the switch.

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What do HTML and HTTP stand for?

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Hypertext Markup Language & Hypertext Transport Protocol

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7
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What is an attribute?

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Something to do with HTML code

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What is broadband?

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This refers to the network connection speed. As opposed to narrowband, which is slower, broadband can go more than 256 kbps.

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What is a commerce server?

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It’s an application that runs on a server-tier computer. It’s typical function is to facilitate the check-out process.

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What is a database tier?

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It consists of computers that run a DBMS that processes requests to receive and store data.

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What is DSL?

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A Digital Subscriber Line uses phone lines for internet, but operates at a different frequency so as not to interfere with phone calls.

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What is a Domain name?

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It is a unique, worldwide name affilitated with a specific IP address.

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What does elastic refer to?

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It’s very easy to change the amount of cloud storage you’re using.

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What is Ethernet?

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It’s a protocol that specifies hardware characteristics and sends information to the appropriate place.

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What is ICANN?

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Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

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What is IaaS?

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Infrastructure as a Service. Cloud computing.

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17
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IPv4 vs IPv6?

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These are the two formats that IP addresses come in. IPv6 is longer, so it has more combinations.

18
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What is an optical fiber cable?

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Provides cable TV and internet.

19
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What is PaaS?

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Platform as a Service. It’s cloud computing where a user will add their own applications to the platform.

20
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What does pooled refer to?

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In cloud computing, many organizations will use the same hardware.

21
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What is the TCP/IP protocol architecture?

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A series of protocols organized into five layers. From top to bottom, they are: application, transport, internet, datalink, physical.

22
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What is three-tier architecture?

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Used in e-commerce. The tree tiers are: user tier, server tier, database tier.

23
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What is a web farm?

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A server farm that supports a website.

24
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What is business process re-engineering?

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Changing business processes to take advantage of a new information system.

25
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What is a data integrity problem?

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It is an issue caused by information silos. Like when information gets changed in one silo and not another.

26
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What is EAI?

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Enterprise Application Integration. Unlike ERP, which replaces existing systems, EAI connects existing systems together.

27
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What is a functional information system?

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It is another name for a work-group information system.

28
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What is content data

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User generated social media content.

29
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What does “hive”refer to?

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A group of people related by a common interest on social media.

30
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What is hyper-social organization theory?

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There are two types of communities that are important to e-commerce: defenders of belief and seekers of truth.

31
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How do we determine the value of social capital?

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By the number of relationships, the strength of those relationships, and the resources controlled by those related.

32
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What is a SM application provider?

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Facebook and Twitter would be examples.

33
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What is a viral hook?

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This is when some incentive (like a prize or something) is used to get people to pass along information.

34
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What is a BI system?

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Information systems that process operational data to analyze past performance and make predictions.

35
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What is BigData?

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Data that is characterized by huge volumes, rapid velocity, and great variety.

36
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What is Mapreduce?

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A technique where thousands of computers cordinate by breaking down the work load into little pieces and each doing a little bit.

37
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What is Hadoop?

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An open source program that implements mapreduce. It could potentially be used to run Google.

38
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What do data warehouses do?

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  • Obtain data
  • cleanse data
  • organize and relate data
  • catalog data
39
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What is a dynamic report?

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It is a business intelligence report that is updated at the time of the request (unlike static reports, which are not).

40
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What is an exception report?

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A report that is produced when something occurs outside a set of predefined boundaries.

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