Information Systems - Related Terms
Hardware
Software
Telecommunications/Networks
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Hardware:
Adapters/Cards:
Plug-and-Play, NIC, Video Cards
Buses:
Data Storage:
Bit, Byte, Raid, Optical disks (CD, DVD), Floppy Disk, Zip Disk, Hard Disk, Track, Sector, Cylinder, Cluster, FAT, Fragmentation
Hardware Companies:
Input Devices:
Integrated Circuits(ICs):
MSI (medium-scale integration), LSI (large-scale integration), VLSI (very large-scale integration), ULSI (ultra large-scale integration)
Memory:
Microprocessors:
CPU, MHZ, CPU Time, Intel Chip (8088-present)
Monitors:
Dot Pitch, Pixel, Resolution, Flat Panel Display LCD Display
Motherboards:
Networking Hardware:
Printers:
Others:
Software:
File sharing programs:
Graphic software:
Object-oriented programming:
Object, Class, Instance, Encapsulation, Abstraction, Inheritance
System software:
Operating System, Compiler, API, Interpreter
Software companies:
Microsoft, Borland, IBM, Oracle, Sun, Novell
Anti-virus programs:
Web browsers:
Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator
Other:
Telecommunications/Networks
Communication protocols:
TCP/IP, BPS, Baud, Synchronous, Asynchronous, Bandwidth, host
Channels/media:
Ethernet, Cables, Optical Fiber
Networking:
Network topology:
Switching:
Packet Switching, Circuit Switching
Bandwidth speed:
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