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CIS-311 Management Information Systems Dr. Kelley Fall 2001 |
Your Name: Date: |
Trends in Computer
Software and Hardware
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1. What trends can be identified in the evolution of hardware and software computer systems in the last20 years? |
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2. Give examples on how to dial an international number |
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3. Give examples of international websites with online news content |
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4. Give examples of programming languages |
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5. Draw a diagram that shows the role of BIOS between computer hardware and the operating system |
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6. Draw a diagram that shows the business functions an enterprise software program must support |
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7. Give examples of websites for vendors of ERP (enterprise resource planning) software. |
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8. Give examples of software database engines |
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9.Give examples of websites for international standards organizations, and their purpose |
www.w3c.org, www.ieee.org,
www.itu.int |
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10. Give an example of a natural language internet search engine, and an example of a search |
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11. Give an example of a structured language internet search engine, and an example of a search |
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12. Explain the FCC HDTV plan. |
http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2410540,00.html |
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13. Give an example of a technological change change mandated by legislation |
http://www.audionetintl.org/presinfo/outline/HIPPA.htm |
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14. What does the term digital convergence mean? |
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15. Give examples of websites you can use to research computer-related news |
www.computerworld.com, www.smartcomputing.com, www.redherring.com |
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16. Give examples of websites you can use to research business-related news. |
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17. Explain how you would save a file to C:\temp |
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18. Name hardware vendors for the following: (a) PBX’s, (b) routers, (c) internet domain names, (d) data telecommunications services |
www.nortel.com, www.networksolutions.com, www.sprint.com |
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19. What do the software terms (a) GNU and (b) open source mean? |
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20. Why is SNMP important? |
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