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Section 2: Intro To IT Flashcards

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Information technology

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The technology used to create, maintain and make information available

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System

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A collection of elements that interact to achieve a common goal

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Computer engineering

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Focuses on the design of hardware systems and the software that makes them work

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Computer science

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Addresses the design and implementation of software with an emphasis on developing solutions to computing problems and creating new ways to use computers

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Software engineering

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Focuses on the development and maintenance of reliable and efficient softwares

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Information systems

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Focuses on integrating IT solutions meant for data and organization

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Information technology

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Focuses on the technology supporting information systems in an organization

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IT administrator

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Sets the IT policies in terms of technologies, security and accessibility

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IT architect

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Set the strategy and direction for technology usage

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IT engineer

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Actual implementation of IT architect strategy

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Help desk professional

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Troubleshoots IT issues

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DevOps Professional

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Developers, programmers and administrators working together to address issues

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System administrator

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Sets up, maintains and monitors devices that support business operations

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Network administrator

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Responsible for designing, planning, setting up and maintaining and organizations network

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Database administrator

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Installing and configuring databases

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Security administrator

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Installing administering and troubleshooting network security issues

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Web administrator

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Troubleshooting error messages employees encounter

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Cloud architect

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Oversees cloud computing systems

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Network architect

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Designs networks and monitors network traffic

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Automation architect

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Modernizes business processes and rationalizes whether or not to automate things

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Cyber security architect

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Designs, builds, tests and implements security systems within an IT network

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Machine learning engineer

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Allows full control of data

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Software engineer

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Designs and develops software that makes systems work, including operating systems, database systems, and embedded systems

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Network engineer

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Sets up, configures, maintains and upgrades data systems

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Cloud engineer

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Identifies infrastructure that could migrate to the cloud

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Technical support

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Supports workplace tech and responds to user help requests

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Systems analyst

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Creates information systems to provide solutions to problems

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Data analyst

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Gathers data to identify areas for improvement

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Security analyst

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Monitors network for security breaches

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Cyber security specialist

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Works to keep information systems secure

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Technical consultant

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Provides technical expertise by developing and implementing IT systems for external clients

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Project manager

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Organizes resources to make sure projects go smoothly and on time

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Web developer

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Builds and maintains websites and their infrastructure

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Software tester

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Creates documents and executes test plans and procedures related to anomalies in software

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Technical sales

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Identifies and helps clients adopt IT services or technologies

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Data

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Raw facts or observations

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Information

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Processed data from a variety of sources

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Knowledge

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A combination of experience, values, contextual information, etc. to be applied

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Wisdom

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Knowing the right thing to do

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Structured data

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Data that is coded in a way that is easy to convert into a form usable for analysis

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Unstructured data

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Data that is more complex and harder to decode

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Big data

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A large collection of data incapable of being processed by previous generations of analytical tools

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Data architecture

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The infrastructure used to manage data in an organization

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Three variations of cloud-based systems

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Infrastructure as a service (IaaS)
Platform as a service (PaaS)
Software as a Service (SaaS)

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Infrastructure as a service (IaaS)

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Access in a virtualized environment with virtualized hardware

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Platform as a service (PaaS)

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Access to a platform where the majority of processing happens in the cloud

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Software as a service (SaaS)

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Software that is licensed to customers with subscriptions and central hosting

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Data hygiene

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The processes of ensuring data is relatively error free

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Data scrubbing

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The process of amending or removing data in a database that is incorrect, incomplete, improperly, formatted or duplicated

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Quality data (5 things)

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Quality data is precise, valid, reliable, timely and complete

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Hardware

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The set of computer system components that one can touch

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Software

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The non-tangible parts of a computer system that tell the computer what to do

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Networks

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Systems of hardware and software that connect two or more devices

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Two types of network design

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Client-to-server and peer-to-peer

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Physical topology

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The actual layout of systems in a network

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Logical topology

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How the data actually flows in a network

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Protocols

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Languages supporting data exchange between computers

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