Your lecture test1 on SEPT 24th in webcourses will be 50 questions 40 multiple choices and 10 T/F.

Be sure you have reliable access to internet connection and webcourses. you should the answer of each question and submit when you finish the test. You will have one hour to cover the test. Below you have the review guide. To prepare use your lecture book and lecture notes. Good luck. Test1 review guide 1Bit, digit, byte 2Information as compared to data. 3PC, MAC and tablet computer. 4Network. 5server 6The Internet and WWW. 7Artificial intelligence and robotics technology. 8Digital media or digital multi-media. 9Network protocol is a set of rules that enables all stations to communicate without collision. 10Influence of networked economy on business. a. It leveled the playing field minimizing the competition gap between large and small businesses b. It reversed the way of communications between customers and businesses c. Speed made time scarce more than capital. 11A computer system that makes use of hardware, software, databases, telecommunications, people, and procedures to manage and distribute digital information is called information system. 12The system clock. 13Word size or word length. 14Ubiquitous computing. 15The operating system in the computer can be compared to the nervous system in the human body the processor is compared to the brain and the system clock can be compared to the heart. 16Hardware and software. 17Firewall protects from hackers. 18We digitize media: (video, audio, pictures, etc.) to be able to store them in digital files in order for the processor to be able to process them. 19Digital electronic device and computer. 20Smart phones have embedded computers. 21A docking station is used to accommodate a smart phone and synchronizes to the computer in order to update the business files. 22Coding systems: ASCII, EBCDIC and Unicode. 23Convergence. 24RAM, CMOS and ROM. 25Machine cycle. 26Grid computing or clustering. 27CD, DVD and other storage devices. 28Magnetic storage technology (HD), optical technology (CD and DVD), solid state technology (transistor). 29Input and output media and devices. 30Pipelining, parallel processing and massive parallel processing, co-processing, dual core processor, quad core processing 31USB and fire-wire ports. 32New information system design usually starts with determining the needs of workstations. 33Redundant array or independent disks (RAID) storage. 34Storage area network (SAN). 35VoIP (protocol for telephone using the internet)

36System software and application software. 37Computers are used in all aspects of human activity including sports, arts, medicine, law enforcement, etc. 38Faster processors have enabled computers to perform highly sophisticated tasks such as speech recognition. 39ALU uses registers to perform calculations and Control unit supervises all the processor work. 40Cache memory. 41Flash memory uses transistors to store data without any need for moving parts.