IS3445 CHAP 1 FROM MAINFRAME TO CLIENT/SERVER TO WORLD WIDE WEB Flashcards
The early search tool of Gopher is called ___?
ARCHIE
The first computer network based on the packet-switching principle is called ___?
ARPANET
A centralized system through which users can exchange messages is called ___?
BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEM (BBS)
Software used to maintain personal or group schedules is called ___?
CALENDARING SOFTWARE
___ is offloaded from the client onto a centralized computer. Cloud computing is an example.
CENTRALIZED PROCESSING
___ is an application whose processing is divided across multiple computers over a network. Typically, the divisions, or tiers, are presentation, business logic, and data store layers.
DISTRIBUTED APPLICATION
___ is the buying and selling of goods and services over electronic systems such as the Internet.
E-COMMERCE
___ is Google’s proprietary Web-based office application software that offers word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations.
GOOGLE DOCS
___ is an early computer network that featured searches through a file tree.
GOPHER
___ is an interface based on graphical elements as opposed to text only.
GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE (GUI)
___ is a system of tools that facilitates group collaboration. It may include calendar software and instant messaging applications.
GROUPWARE
___ is text as non-sequential links to other text or documents.
HYPERTEXT
___ is a set of tags, or rules, primarily used to specify formatting of Web documents.
HYPERTEXT MARKUP LANGUAGE (HTML)
___ is a transfer protocol for exchanging hypertext documents over the Internet or an intranet.
HYPERTEXT TRASFER PROTOCOL (HTTP)
___ is delivery of infrastructure on demand, usually billed per amount of resources consumed.
INFRASTRUCTRUE AS A SERVICE (IaaS)
___ is a unique numeric value assigned to a device in a network.
IP ADDRESS
___ is an early form of synchronous online conferencing.
INTERNET RELAY CHAT (IRC)
___ is a high-performance computer usually used by large businesses requiring large-scale processing and availability.
MAINFRAME
___ is a computer of medium size with less processing capability that a mainframe, but more than a PC.
MINICOMPUTER