Tamu istm 210 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

TAMU ISTM 210 Exam 1 (Prof. Phinney) With Solutions 100% Correct Follower Person or business that waits to see what works before investing in new technology Super-Computer Large computing hardware; mostly used for large-scale research, not really used in business End-users People that use computers Competency The knowledge that enables a person to understand something Attitude Plays a pivotal role toward gaining computer competency; it should be thought of as a tool with boundaries t...

TAMU ISTM 210 Exam 1 (Prof. Phinney)Quest1837 - ANSWERSYear telegraphs were invented Paul Reuters - ANSWERSUsed homing pigeons in the 1840s to quickly get accurate business information People - ANSWERSThe most important factor of Business Information Technology People, tools, best practice, and critical thinking - ANSWERSThe four factors of successful implementation of business technology Gordon Moore - ANSWERSFounder of Intel Moore's Law - ANSWERS"Computer processing power doub...

TAMU ISTM 210 Exam 2 (Prof. Phinney)

TAMU ISTM 210 Exam 1

Network - ANSWERSTwo or more computers connect together communicate, share - ANSWERSThe purpose of a computer network is to ________________________ and __________________________ resources. Network Interface Controller Card - ANSWERSPlugged into the motherboard and allows a network cable to be plugged in Client - ANSWERSAnything that makes up a network, usually computers, smartphones, peripheral devices connected to a central computer server - ANSWERSThe purpose of a _______________...

TAMU ISTM 210 Exam 2 (Prof. Phinney) Questions and Answers

Pie chart - compare parts of a whole line chart - compare an item over time, shows trends in data column charts - compare different (or same) categories over time Stacked column charts - column chart but with columns broken into subcategories Date formatted as general - date(left) time (right) allows for math on dates, fraction of days today( - insert current date Now( - insert current time Weekday( - day of the week weeknum( - week of the year month( - month of the year year( - what...

1837 - Year telegraphs were invented Paul Reuters - Used homing pigeons in the 1840s to quickly get accurate business information People - The most important factor of Business Information Technology People, tools, best practice, and critical thinking - The four factors of successful implementation of business technology Gordon Moore - Founder of Intel Moore's Law - "Computer processing power doubles every 18 months" Leader/First Adapter - First person (business) to adopt ne...

1837 - ANSWERSYear telegraphs were invented Paul Reuters - ANSWERSUsed homing pigeons in the 1840s to quickly get accurate business information People - ANSWERSThe most important factor of Business Information Technology People, tools, best practice, and critical thinking - ANSWERSThe four factors of successful implementation of business technology Gordon Moore - ANSWERSFounder of Intel Moore's Law - ANSWERS"Computer processing power doubles every 18 months" Leader/First Ada...

Network - Two or more computers connect together communicate, share - The purpose of a computer network is to ________________________ and __________________________ resources. Network Interface Controller Card - Plugged into the motherboard and allows a network cable to be plugged in Client - Anything that makes up a network, usually computers, smartphones, peripheral devices connected to a central computer server - The purpose of a ___________________ is to share data or hardware a...