Appendix D Required Reading

What builds—layer by layer in an additive process—a three-dimensional solid object from a digital model?

3D printing

Match. Trend Analysis

A trend is examined to identify its nature, causes, speed of development, and potential impacts.

______ digital experience is a blend of the physical, virtual, and electronic environments creating a real-time ambient environment that changes as the user moves from one place to another.

Ambient

What is a blend of the physical, virtual, and electronic environments creating a real-time ambient environment that changes as the user moves from one place to another?

Ambient digital experience

What is a self-managing computing model named after, and patterned on, the human body's autonomic nervous system?

Autonomic computing

______ agent is software that carries out some set of operations on behalf of a user or another program with some degree of independence or autonomy and employs some knowledge or representation of the user's goals or desires.

Autonomous

______ 3D printing includes the printing of skin and organs and is progressing from theory to reality.

Biological

What includes the printing of skin and organs and is progressing from theory to reality?

Biological 3D printing

Match. Computer simulation

Complex systems, such as the U.S. economy, can be modeled by means of mathematical equations, and different scenarios can be run against the model to conduct "what-if" analysis.

Match. Historical analysis

Historical events are studied to anticipate the outcome of current developments.

What is a concept that extends the Internet of Things emphasis on machine-to-machine communications to describe a more complex system that also encompasses people and processes?

Information of Everthing (IoE)

What is a type of artificial intelligence that enables computers to both understand concepts in the environment, and also to learn?

Machine Learning

What is the network security model necessary to accommodate the emergence of multiple perimeters and moving parts on the network, and increasingly advanced threats targeting enterprises?

Real-time adaptive security

According to the World Future Society, which trends will shape our future?

Time is becoming on of the world's most precious commodities. The economy and society are dominated by technology. The global economy is becoming more integrated.

Select the scientific methods that are driving organizational forecasts.

Trend analysis Trend projection Historical analysis

Match. Trend Monitoring

Trends viewed as particularly important in a specific community, industry, or sector are carefully monitored, watched, and reported to key decision makers.

With machine learning, machines are able to act without human programs detailing how to perform tasks.

True

______ assistant is a small program stored on a PC or portable device that monitors emails, faxes, messages, and phone calls.

Virtual

What is a small program stored on a PC or portable device that monitors emails, faxes, messages, and phone calls?

Virtual assistant (VA)

Match. Projection

When numerical data are available, a trend can be plotted to display changes through time and into the future.

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a world where interconnected, Internet-enabled devices or "things" can collect and share _____ without human intervention.

data

A world where interconnected, internet-enabled devices or "things" can collect and share data without human intervention is known as Blank______.

the internet of Things (IoT)