MIS 204 Chapter 3 – Flashcards

Information systems infrastructure consists of hardware, system software, storage, networking, and data centers.

Application software helps to automate business processes, and it enables processes that would otherwise not even be possible.

With respect to the five general classes of computers, ________ are typically used for mission critical applications, such as transaction processing.

With respect to the general classes of computers, a ________ is the most expensive and most powerful kind of computer, which is used primarily to assist in solving massive scientific problems.

With respect to the general classes of computers, a ________ is very large and is used primarily as the main, central computing system for major corporations.

With respect to the general classes of computers, a ________ is any computer on a network that makes access to files, printing, communications, and other services available to users of the network.

With respect to the general classes of computers, a ________ is used for small business computing.

The most prominent type of system software, the ________, coordinates the interaction between hardware components, peripherals, application software, and users

Which of the following is an example of an operating system?

________ software is the collection of programs that control the basic operations of computer hardware.

Which of the following statements is true of an intranet?

A ________ is a software application that can be used to locate and display Web pages, including text, graphics, and multimedia content.

A hypertext document is otherwise known as a ________.

The standard method of specifying the format of Web pages is called ________.

With regard to the World Wide Web, Web pages are stored on ________.

The ".com" suffix in a uniform resource locater is reserved for ________.

Web servers process user requests for pages using the ________.

Which of the following statements is true about an IP address?

A supercomputer is primarily used as the main, central computing system for major corporations.

As defined by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), "________ is a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction."