WGU C182 Objective Assessment Visual
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Evolution of Users ✔✔First users were the engineers who built and programmed computers, then
employees who had received specialized
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WGU C182 Objective Assessment Visual
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Evolution of Users ✔✔First users were the engineers who built and programmed computers, then
employees who had received specialized training were users, and now today, anyone and everyone
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FILE SERVER ✔✔Sends files over the network at the request of clients. Responds over LAN,
within one location/site. Support both application software and data files.
Domain Name Server (DNS) ✔✔Turns a user-friendly domain name, like Google.com, into an
Internet Protocol (IP) address like ((( 70.42.251.42 ))) that computers use to identify each other on
the network.
Public Key Encryption ✔✔Uses TWO KEYS a public and private key for performing encryption
and decryption
Authentication ✔✔PROVING you are who you say you are which can be done by: what you know,
what you have!
Presentation Tier ✔✔TIER WHERE THE USER interface for the system is developed; SHIELDS
THE USER from the underlying logic of the systems as well as the underlying data structures
System Deployment ✔✔SYSTEMS DEPLOYMENT Steps 1. System Conversion 2. Final
Documentation 3. End User Training
ROUTER ✔✔CONNECTS MULTIPLES networks together; can be used to directly connect
computers to a network; will relay messages to computers with APPROPRIATE IP ADDRESS
Confidentiality ✔✔Requires that data is KEPT secure so that they are not accidentally provided
or obtained by unauthorized users
THE MODEL ✔✔Can take on DIFFERENT FORMS depending on the complexity of the
application; in certain instances, it is AN ACTUAL OBJECT that is an ACTUAL
IMPLEMENTATION of the application
Defense in Depth ✔✔Protecting EVERY LAYER that SURROUNDS ((( DATA )))
Slicing Data ✔✔Creates a subset of the data by reducing the data from multiple dimensions to one
dimension
Information Technology ✔✔The technology used in creating, maintaining, and making
information accessible.
Network Administrator ✔✔In charge of all aspects of the COMPUTER NETWORKS
Database Administrator ✔✔Focuses on the design, development, and support of DATABASE
MANAGEMENT systems (DBMSs).
Web Administrator ✔✔Installs, configures, maintains, secures, and troubleshoots web severs.
Information ✔✔Processed data.
Knowledge in DIKW ✔✔INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN PUT TO USE information placed
into a context. Refined information such that the user of the knowledge is able to call forth only
relevant portions of information when needed.
WISDOM ✔✔Provides a social setting to knowledge; AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE (((
WHY ))) Can only come by having BOTH KNOWLEDGE and EXPERIENCE
I.P.O.S. ✔✔The INPUT Processing, OUTPUT, STORAGE Cycle
PROCESSED DATA ✔✔Raw data is organized or structured for usefulness.
OUTPUT DATA ✔✔Information is output so user can see results.
STORAGE ✔✔Processed information is stored for permanent record.
COMPUTER SYSTEM ✔✔A collection of components that work together to meet the needs of
the user; typically : CATEGORIZED AS EITHER HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, NETWORKS
AND USERS
HARDWARE ✔✔Physical components of a computer system which include the system unit and
its components and peripheral devices; TANGIBLE ASPECTS OF THE COMPUTER
NETWORK ✔✔A collection of computers and resources CONNECTED by various media so that
they can COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER.
SOFTWARE CATEGORIES ✔✔Systems Software and Applications Software
IP PROTOCOL ✔✔RULES provided by WHICH NETWORKS communicate with each other.
COMPUTER MEMORY ✔✔STORES the programs BEING EXECUTED and the data they are
using.
SYSTEM CLOCK ✔✔Controls THE SPEED at which instructions are processed.
RAM ✔✔Stands for Random Access Memory. It temporarily stores data before it is processed and
sent to your screen or printer. IT IS VOLATILE (means data or information stored disappears
when the computer is turned off or loses power).
2nd Generation of Computers ✔✔Transistor components, magnetic core memory, smaller size,
easier to program, disk drives and drums, called mainframe computers
3rd Generation of Computers ✔✔Silicon chips (known as ICs - integrated circuits), reduced cost,
called mini computers, networks introduced via dumb terminals
Low-level Language ✔✔Written for a specific machine by the engineers who built and ran the
computers; no need for OS since only one program could run at a time
Assembly Language ✔✔Easier than machine but still required detailed, precise LOW LEVEL
instructions
Language Translator Programs ✔✔Function is
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