ESQUIVIAS Quiz
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- Gigabyte
- Approximately 1 billion bytes of data. Technically, 1024 to the third power (or 2 to the thirtieth), which is 1,073,741,824. The next highest increment is the terabyte.
- Geographic Information System (GIS)
- Designed to identify and display relationships among business data and locations. Used to display geographical relationships. Also used to plot delivery routes and create maps
- Functions
- Methods.
- Frame
- A related set of information that humans group together. Sometimes groupings can be arbitrary. A concept used in discussing AI applications and human cognition.
- Franchise
- A means of organizing companies. Independent operators pay a franchise fee to use the company name. They receive training and benefit from the name and advertising of the parent company. They purchase supplies from the parent company and follow the franchise rules.
- Fuzzy Logic
- A way of presenting and analyzing logic problems that is designed to handle subjective descriptions (e.g., hot and cold).
- Graphical User Interface (GUI)
- A GUI system is based on a graphics screen instead of simple text, and users perform tasks by clicking a mouse button on or manipulating objects on the screen. For example, copies are made by dragging an item from one location on the screen to another. Pronounced as "gooey."
- Front-end Processor
- A simple communications device for large central computers that accepted all of the terminal wires and then assigned each user to an open communications port on the computer. This device decreased the number of physical access ports required on the computer.
- General Ledger
- A collection of accounts that break financial data into specific categories. Common categories include accounts receivable, accounts payable, inventory, and cash.
- Global Positioning System (GPS)
- A system of 24 satellites created by the U.S. Department of Defense. The civilian receivers will identify a location to within about 50 feet. Used for navigation, track vehicles, and plotting delivery routes.
- Frame Relay
- A network communication system that uses variable-length packets. It is useful for high-speed, large bursts of data. It is being used for long-distance network communications