Nt1310 Unit 3 Unit3

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1. Hard disk is a storage device which can be used in computer to store and save data. On the other hand RAM (random Access Memory) is a temporary storage memory, it helps to monitor the process of computer. Hard disk is a storage device until RAM is temporary storage memory
2. Software is a general term for the various kinds of programs used to operate computers and related devices
3. (1) Manage the computer's resources (2) establish a user interface, (3) execute and provide services for applications software.
4. A killer app is application software that is so useful that people will purchase the hardware just so they can run it. The killer app for the PC was the spreadsheet (VisiCalc)
5. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is process management
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A software firewall runs on the operating system and intercepts packets as they arrive to a computer.
33. Private cloud is the phrase used to describe a cloud computing platform that is implemented within the corporate firewall, under the control of the IT department.
34. is application software dedicated to producing information, such as documents, presentations, worksheets, databases, charts, graphs, digital paintings, electronic music and digital video.
35. An ERP (enterprise resource planning) system is a software application with a centralized database that is implemented across the entire organization
36. A relational database is one in which data is organized into one or more tables. Each table has a set of fields, which define the nature of the data stored in the table. A record is one instance of a set of fields in a table. All the tables are related by one or more fields in common.
37. Ram memory is random access memory, it gets wiped every time the computer restarts Hard drive capacity is storage space
38. Data are the raw bits and pieces of facts and statistics with no context. Data can be quantitative or qualitative. Information is data that has been given context. Knowledge is information that has been aggregated and analyzed and can be used for making