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Module 6 Flashcards

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What is Big Data?

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  1. Is the storage, maintenance and use of a very large amount of electronic data, often from multiple sources - so much data that a special database and/or special software must be used to store, maintain and use the data. (softwarem hardware, methodology etc.)
  2. It can also refer to the business or technology impact of having access to, or responsibility for, such collections of data.
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What is raw material?

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Physical things that haven’t been processed, combined, etc. Ex: materias to do a book.

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What is raw data?

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Data that hasn’t been handled by the computer yet for some purpose.

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What is BI?

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Short for Business intelligence. BI is the capture and presentation of data in various meaningful forms for useful business purposes.

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What is iteration?

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Iterate means to say or do something again - to repeat. It means to go through a defined series of actions, repeating them a certain number of times.

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6
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What is a pixel?

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The smallest single component of a digital image.

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What is Megapixel?

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A unit of measurement equal to 1,000,000 pixels.

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The larger the screen,…

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… more pixels you need to have a good image.

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9
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What is Resolution?

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Number of pixels over area. How accurate the image is.

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What buffering means?

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To preload data to an area where it is stored for later use.

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11
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What is a clip?

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A cut of a scene or video.

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12
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What is the difference between upload and file transfer?

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In the upload the file goes up from the client to the server who is higher in the hierarchy.

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What is a Trojan malware?

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A malware that is disguised as something harmless.

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What is a worm malware?

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A malware that replicate itself from computer to computer unnoticed and without human interaction.

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What is a card?

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A hardware that you can attach to the motherboard to add functionality to the computer.

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What is usb?

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Universal Serial Bus. It’s a standard physical port on the computer that can be used to send and receive information.

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17
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What is usb drive?

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A storage drive that connects to the computer by the usb port.

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18
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What serial means in the usb?

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That the data travels in only one lane.

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19
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How parallel contrasts serial?

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In a parallel setup, the data travel in more than one lane at the same time.

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What is a usb card?

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A card that adds usb ports to the computer.

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21
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What log out means?

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To disconnect from a system, computer, or program.

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22
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What is phishing?

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As “fishing”, is a scam of social egeneering where someone pretends to be someone trustworthy to get sensitivy infromation from the victm.

23
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What is Anti-phishing software?

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A tool to help you detect something coming from a non-legitimate source.

24
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What is VPN?

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Virtual Private Network. Is a secure line from a private network through the internet, to your destination point. It cuts off you from the internet with the exception of the computers you are trying to connect.

25
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What is data corruption?

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Data that has been through unintended changes that causes erros.

26
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What is a fatal error?

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An error so severe that the computer can’t continue to execute any instructions at all.

27
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What is plagiarism?

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Taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as your own.

28
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What is an archive?

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Collection of related data (usually) that provides a record of what’s happened over time.

29
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What is an Online Discussion Forum?

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Places on the Web where people meet to discuss certain subjects.

30
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What is a Thread?

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  1. A conversation between multiple users that has a common subject or theme. Ex: in a forum about pets, there might be a “Labrador Retriever” thread.
  2. A task a computer is doing, while the computer is also doing other different tasks. Ex: A computer printing a document and displaying an image on the screen. The computer constantly switch between tasks to perform them both.
31
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What is bucket?

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A system for grouping information together.

32
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What is a lurker?

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Someone that does not participate, just lurks in a chat room.

33
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What hacking means?

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  • Breaking in.
    Breaking into a computer without authorization.
34
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What is cybersecurity?

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  • keeping safe
    keeping computers, networks, websites and software safe from digital attack.
35
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What is API?

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*communication between programs.
Application Programming Interface
A set of clearly defined communication methods between software programs.

36
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What is a gadget?

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*small and particular
A small machine used for particular purposes.

37
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What are the “i”’s in apples products.

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Internet, individual, instruct, inform and inspire

38
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What is a podcast?

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*radio on demand
A series of regularly-created audio recordings that are available for users to download from the web and listen to whenever they want

39
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Where the “pod” in podcast cames from?

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Ipod.

40
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What are podcatchers?

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  • serach, store, listen.
    Specialized computer programs that help people search for, store, and listen to podcasts.
41
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What is a subscriber?

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  • sign, receive.
    Someone that sign to receive something regularly.
42
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What is a subscriber?

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  • sign, receive.
    Someone that sign to receive something regularly.
43
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What is IM?

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Instant message.
A message sent from computer to computer that immediately shows up on the screen of the computer of the receiver.

44
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What Hashtags (#) are used for?

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Categorize content and make it easy to search.

45
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What is google alerts?

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  • service, daily, interest.
    A service that daily send you emails on a subject of interest.
46
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What is a twitter search?

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A tool to search tweets

47
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What are QR codes?

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Quick Response Code.
A unique image that contains encoded information.

48
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What is a batch?

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A group of things.

49
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What is batch processing?

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  • multiple, at once.
    The act of processing multiple pieces of data at once.
50
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What are the benefits of batch processing?

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  • no user, done automatically
    Processing takes place when you are not using your computer, and that it is done automatically
51
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What is the base of a number system?

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Is how many unique symbols are used in that number system.

52
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What is a bit?

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Binary digit.

53
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What is a byte?

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8 bits.

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