(chow, Alex) Final - Define Terms

Alex Chow 1/8/08 Software App. Pd. 7

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Use Webopedia to define the following: Final Exam Review: 1.) List computer input devices: 2.) Give an example of computer network security: 3.) What is a workstation? 4.) What is ROM? RAM? 5.) What is a client? 6.) What is an application? 7.) What is an operating system? 8.) What does boot mean? 9.) What is computer Hardware? Give examples: 10.)Give two examples of computer output? 11.)What is a LAN and WAN? 1. Mouse, Keyboard 2. UUCP 3. It is a high-end desktop or desk side microcomputer designed for technical applications. They are intended primarily to be used by one person at a time, although they can usually also be accessed remotely by other users when necessary. 4. ROM = Read-Only Memory , RAM = Random Access Memory 5. Client is an application or system that accesses a remote service on another computer system known as a server by way of a network. 6. Application is a subclass of computer software that employs the capabilities of a computer directly and thoroughly to a task that the user wishes to perform. 7. Operating system is the software that manages the sharing of the resources of a computer and provides programmers with an interface used to access those resources 8. When you start or re-start your computer 9. Computer hardware is the physical part of a computer that executes the data within the computer. Ex: Motherboard, Power Supply, and a Sound Card 10. Printer, display screen 11. LAN = (Local area network) it is a computer network covering a small geographic area. WAN = (Wide Area Network) it is a computer network that covers a broad area.