computer Concept 8

The Center for Disease control and preventionn uses ____ to discover new patterns or relationships between data that might signal a possible outbreak.

- Data mining

By compelling data from a data processing system, a manager can use a _____ to generate specific reports than she can use to make mission-critical decisions.

- Decision support system

A _____ is a node on a network that serves as an enhance to another network network.

- Gateway

A(n) ____ uses the same software and service structure as the internet, but it only contains a company's private information and is only accessible inside a company's building.

- Intranet

A coworker told Conner that he saved the files he needed to the server on the network. What is a network?

- Linked computers

A ___ computer system in a hospital must run without failure or with nearly instant recovery from failure.

- Mission critical

Also known as a ____, the network card (NIC) translates packets at each node.

- Network adapter card

Many organisms use a(n) _____ to manage information and help users handle certain information-related tasks more efficiently.

- Office automation system

Data moves through networks in structures known as ___,

- Packets

RAID is a _____ that acts as a storage system linking disk drives so they act as a single disk

- Redundant array of independent disks

_____ systems allow organizations to increase computing power, storage, and software without buying a new computing system.

- Scalable

Select three shared items that multiple users can instantly access on a network.

- Software applications, hardware devices, and data

The ____ of a network is the logical layout of the cables and devices that connect the nodes of the network.

- Topology

A____ is similar to a hub except it transmits packets directly to specific nodes instead of rebroadcasting in all directions like a hub.

- switch

select three types of media that carry data from one node to another.

-Coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, and twisted pair cable

A ____ uses radio signals that travel through the air to transmit data. Select three correct answers.

-Wireless network, fiber optic cable, wireless LAN

A _____ is a device that connects two LANS or two segments of the same LAN.

Bridge