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Chapter 7 - MIS8 Flashcards

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Internet backbone

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Foundation network linked with fiber-optic cables that can support high bandwidth

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Hypermedia

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Documents include embedded references to audio, text, images, video, and other documents

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____ can be stored anywhere in the world, so users can jump from a site in the U.S. to a site in France in a few milliseconds

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Hypermedia

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DNS

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Domain Name System: Protocol that converts domain names into IP addresses when information is transferred from one network to another

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TLD

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top-level domain

Denotes the type of organization or country the address specifies
Divided into generic top-level domains (gTLDs) and country code top-level domains (ccTLDs)

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What is the purpose of this gLTD?

.com

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Commercial organizations

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What is the purpose of this gLTD?

.edu

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Educational institions

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What is the purpose of this gLTD?

.int

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International organizations (ie. UN)

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What is the purpose of this gLTD?

.mil

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US Military Organizations

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What is the purpose of this gLTD?

.gov

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Government

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What is the purpose of this gLTD?

.net

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Backnone, regional and commercial networks (ie. National science foundation center)

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What is the purpose of this gLTD?

.org

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Other Organizations, ie. NPO

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Navigational tools

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Used to travel from Web site to Web site

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Process Followed by Search Engines

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Step 1 - Crawling the Web
Step 2 - Indexing
Step 3 - Searching

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Newsgroups

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  1. General in nature and can cover any topic

2. Allow people to get together for fun or for business purposes

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Discussion groups

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  1. Formed for people to exchange opinions and ideas on a specific topic
  2. Group members post messages or articles that others in the group can read
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Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)

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  1. Used for Internet telephony
  2. Requires a high-speed Internet connection and a microphone or headset
  3. Used to route traffic starting and ending at conventional public switched telephone network (PSTN) phones
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What is a drawback of VoIP?

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Lack of call quality

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What are the advantages of VoIP?

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  1. Absence of busy lines
  2. Receiving voicemails on the computer
  3. Ability to:
    - Screen callers
    - Forward calls from anywhere in the world
    - Direct calls to the correct departments and take automated orders
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Major publishers in the U.S. and Europe have Web sites that offer:

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  1. Descriptions of forthcoming books
  2. Sample chapters
  3. Online ordering
  4. Search features
  5. Books that can be read online free for 90 days
  6. Purchase options for e-book versions
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University Web sites offer:

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Information about departments, programs, faculty, and academic resources

Virtual tours of the campus

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Online degree programs

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Help colleges and universities facing an enrollment decline

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Real Estate Web Sites

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  1. Provide up-to-date listings of homes
  2. Allow buyers to review neighborhoods, schools, and real estate prices
  3. Help customers find realtors and brokerage firms and learn home-buying tips
  4. Provide virtual tours of houses on sale
  5. Additional Services:
    Appraisals
    Neighborhood and school profiles
    Financing options
    Home-improvement advice
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Health Care Web Sites

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  1. Store patient records on the Internet
    - Patient information is accessible from one central location
  2. Have potential problems involving information privacy, accuracy, and currency
  3. Uses - Telemedicine and telepresence surgery
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______ use Web sites in campaigns, which are helpful tools for:
Announcing candidates’ platforms
Publicizing voting records
Posting notices of appearances and debates
Raising campaign funds

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Political candidates

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When it comes to Politics, the Internet has helped:

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  1. Empower voters
  2. Revitalize the democratic process
  3. Provide the possibility of legislators to vote on bills via online systems
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Intranets

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  1. Network within an organization:
    - Uses Internet protocols and technologies for collecting, storing, and disseminating useful information that supports business activities
  2. Used by employees for internal purposes
    - Companies also allow trusted business partners to access their intranets
  3. Use Internet technologies to solve organizational problems that have been solved in the past
  4. Different from a LAN
  5. Set up behind a firewall
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Extranet

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  1. Secure network that:
    - Uses the Internet and Web technologies to connect intranets of business partners
    Facilitates communication between organizations or between consumers
  2. Considered to be a type of interorganizational system (IOS)
    - Examples - Electronic funds transfer (EFT) and electronic data interchange (EDI)
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What is an application of an Extranet?

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  1. Timely order-entry processing

2. Federal Express Tracking System

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What are some advantages of Extranets?

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  1. Coordination
  2. Feedback
  3. Consumer satisfaction
  4. Cost reduction
  5. Expedited communication
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What is the main difference between the Userbase for Intranet and Extranet?

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Intranet is used by Members of an Organization.

Extranet is used by Groups of closely related companies, users, or organizations

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Extensible Markup Language (XML)

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  1. Flexible method for creating common formats for information
  2. Tags represent the kind of content being posted and transmitted
  3. Prevents confusion by defining data with a context
  4. Designed to improve interoperability and data sharing between different systems
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The Internet2

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  1. Collaborative effort involving more than 200 U.S. universities and corporations
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Gigapop

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Local connection point-of-presence that connects a variety of high-performance networks

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Applications of Internet2

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  1. Learningware
  2. Digital Library
  3. Teleimmersion
  4. Virtual Laboratories
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Internet of Everything (IoE)

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Web-based development

  • People, processes, data, and things are interconnected via the Internet using various means
    • RFID devices, barcodes, wireless systems, and QR codes
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Internet of things (IoT)

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Physical objects that are connected to the Internet and to all the other physical objects

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What can the Internet of Everything (IoE) facilitate?

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  1. Automated inventory systems in the retail industry
  2. Automated and programmable appliances in domestic households
  3. Road and bridge systems
  4. Helps solve social problems
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Internet of Me (IoM)

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Subset Internet that gathers and processes information for a given user from the entire Internet and IoT devices to deliver a personalized experience

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____ are considered a type of interorganizational system (IOS)

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Extranets

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The Internet was Started in 1969 as a project by the U.S. Department of Defense called _____

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Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET)

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