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WGU C182 Objective Assessment Visual Flashcards
1.Evolution of Users: First users were the engineers who built and
programmed computers, then employees who had received specialized training were users, and now today, anyone and everyone can be a user.4lcf5z23ptoz (image/jpeg)
2.FILE SERVER: Sends files over the network at the request of clients.
Responds over LAN, within one location/site. Support both application software and data files.
3.Domain Name Server (DNS): Turns a user-friendly domain name,
like Google.com, into an Internet Protocol (IP) address like ((( 70.42.251.42 ))) that computers use to identify each other on the network.
4.Public Key Encryption: Uses TWO KEYS a public and private key for
perform- ing encryption and decryption
5.Authentication: PROVING you are who you say you are which can be
done by: what you know, what you have!
6.Presentation Tier: TIER WHERE THE USER interface for the system is
devel- oped; SHIELDS THE USER from the underlying logic of the systems as well as the underlying data structures
7.System Deployment: SYSTEMS DEPLOYMENT Steps 1. System
Conversion 1 / 3
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- Final Documentation 3. End User Training
8.ROUTER: CONNECTS MULTIPLES networks together; can be used to
directly connect computers to a network; will relay messages to computers with APPRO- PRIATE IP ADDRESS
9.Confidentiality: Requires that data is KEPT secure so that they are
not acci- dentally provided or obtained by unauthorized users
10.THE MODEL: Can take on DIFFERENT FORMS depending on the
complexity of the application; in certain instances, it is AN ACTUAL OBJECT that is an ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION of the application
11.Defense in Depth: Protecting EVERY LAYER that SURROUNDS ((( DATA
)))
12.Slicing Data: Creates a subset of the data by reducing the data from
multiple dimensions to one dimension
13.Information Technology: The technology used in creating,
maintaining, and making information accessible.
14.Network Administrator: In charge of all aspects of the COMPUTER
NET- WORKS
15.Database Administrator: Focuses on the design, development, and
support of DATABASE MANAGEMENT systems (DBMSs). 2 / 3
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16.Web Administrator: Installs, configures, maintains, secures,
and trou- bleshoots web severs.
17.Information: Processed data.
18.Knowledge in DIKW: INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN PUT TO USE in-
formation placed into a context. Refined information such that the user of the knowledge is able to call forth only relevant portions of information when needed.
19.WISDOM: Provides a social setting to knowledge; AN
UNDERSTANDING OF THE ((( WHY ))) Can only come by having BOTH KNOWLEDGE and EXPERI- ENCE
20.I.P.O.S.: The INPUT Processing, OUTPUT, STORAGE Cycle
21.PROCESSED DATA: Raw data is organized or structured for
usefulness.
22.OUTPUT DATA: Information is output so user can see results.
23.STORAGE: Processed information is stored for permanent record.
24.COMPUTER SYSTEM: A collection of components that work together
to meet the needs of the user; typically : CATEGORIZED AS EITHER
HARDWARE, SOFT- WARE, NETWORKS AND USERS
25.HARDWARE: Physical components of a computer system which
include the system unit and its components and peripheral devices;
TANGIBLE ASPECTS OF THE COMPUTER
26.NETWORK: A collection of computers and resources CONNECTED
by vari- ous media so that they can COMMUNICATE WITH EACH
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