Bus 210 Week 8 Appendix E
Associate Level Material
Appendix E
Hardware/Software Components
In your own words, describe the following hardware/software components
Legacy systems | A computer system that is old, but that is still used after a new system has been installed because the company has invested time and money into it. | Mainframe computers | A large system, originally called a “mainframe” because the first was the size of a two-story building, that is the overall processing core of information for large businesses and corporations. | Microprocessors | A central processing unit many times less powerful than a mainframe at the time of inception (1970’s), but today can be related to a microchip capable of processing whatever information the user inputs. | PCs | Also known as “Personal Computers”, it is a kit comprised of various components that, when properly assembled, creates a stand-alone processing system. | Network computers | With PC’s entering into the home and workplace, a network was created as a way of linking various PC’s together and to a server. | World Wide Web and Internet | It is the external form of networking. The World Wide Web and Internet allow PC users to interface and interact without being part of any certain network or group. | Wired and wireless broadband technology | A type of “information highway” that allows for a huge amount of information to travel and pass through a network from the World Wide Web and Internet to a user requesting the information. | PC software | Microsoft Windows operating system is estimated to be installed in 90% of all computers. Since Windows is the standard software, writers write software that will be compatible with Windows. | Networking software | Allows companies to share information with each. Oracle, the second largest software maker, is a company that creates software that is compatible with the largest software maker Microsoft Windows. Linxus controls 20% of the software market and it then
Appendix E
Hardware/Software Components
In your own words, describe the following hardware/software components
Legacy systems | A computer system that is old, but that is still used after a new system has been installed because the company has invested time and money into it. | Mainframe computers | A large system, originally called a “mainframe” because the first was the size of a two-story building, that is the overall processing core of information for large businesses and corporations. | Microprocessors | A central processing unit many times less powerful than a mainframe at the time of inception (1970’s), but today can be related to a microchip capable of processing whatever information the user inputs. | PCs | Also known as “Personal Computers”, it is a kit comprised of various components that, when properly assembled, creates a stand-alone processing system. | Network computers | With PC’s entering into the home and workplace, a network was created as a way of linking various PC’s together and to a server. | World Wide Web and Internet | It is the external form of networking. The World Wide Web and Internet allow PC users to interface and interact without being part of any certain network or group. | Wired and wireless broadband technology | A type of “information highway” that allows for a huge amount of information to travel and pass through a network from the World Wide Web and Internet to a user requesting the information. | PC software | Microsoft Windows operating system is estimated to be installed in 90% of all computers. Since Windows is the standard software, writers write software that will be compatible with Windows. | Networking software | Allows companies to share information with each. Oracle, the second largest software maker, is a company that creates software that is compatible with the largest software maker Microsoft Windows. Linxus controls 20% of the software market and it then