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ISTM 210, PHINNEY Exam 1 With Solutions 100% Correct What are the names of her granddaughters? Gracie (17- 18 months) and Lucy (new born, on sept. 3, 2017). How many super computers does TAMU have? 3 How many mainframe computers does TAMU have? What do we use them for? Two; one is for payr...

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ISTM 210, PHINNEY Exam 1 With Solutions
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What are the names of her granddaughters? Gracie (17- 18 months) and Lucy (new born, on sept.

3, 2017).




How many super computers does TAMU have? 3




How many mainframe computers does TAMU have? What do we use them for? Two; one is for

payroll, the other is in Dallas and is used for backups and recovery.




What is Amdahl? A computer company in the 70s. TAMU was Amdahl's 3rd customer. Orange

covers painted maroon.




"Big Blue" is a term referring to what company? IBM




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,ISTM 210, PHINNEY Exam 1 With Solutions
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What is the most important function in database (DBMS)? Querying. Querying - to ask a

question.




What does ERP stand for? Enterprise Resource Planning System




What are Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERPs)? - These incorporate all data and

processes of a business into one integrated system, aka it's a single centralized system.




- Main feature of ERP system is a SINGLE database.




- SAP was the first company to offer an ERP system. German company.




In class, what movies did Phinney recommend watching? "The Intern" & "Hidden Figures"




What are her son's names? Tom and Sam




Phinney's Definition of Virtual Memory - "Virtual memory is more of a technique than memory."

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- *"If you need something at a particular memory address, and it is not in RAM, go get that page

from secondary memory. If RAM is full, algorithms will move out that which is 'least recently

used.'"*




What was the name of Speaker #1? What was his major and what year did he graduate? Andrew

Cox, MIS, and graduated in 2010.




Where does Speaker #1 work? and what does he do there? USAA bank and insurance ( a military

focused bank).

He works in system analysis where he uses algorithms for online company feedback. Also does

image processing, which is taking locations into maps and data.




Speaker #1 talked about "hindsight," "insight," and "foresight." Define these things. Hindsight=

storing the data.

Insight= conclude based on data.

Foresight= predict whats next.




Key drivers for big businesses are: Business, technical, and financial.

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