Beekman 7^th Edition Chapters 7 and 8 Test Study Guide

computer file cabinet

what good is a database?

data mining

Database

table, record, field

Query

field types

list view versus form view

Report

Sort

stored query

database management system (DBMS)

redundant information

relational database

key must be unique

batch processing

client/server

interactive processing

data mining

identity theft

node (what types of things can be nodes?)

local area network (LAN)

backbone

wide area network (WAN)

bridges

gateway

Global Positioning System (GPS)

router

network interface card (NIC)

Universal Serial Bus (USB)

bits per second (bps)

bandwidth

broadband (types, i.e. what is and what isn’t broadband)

fiber-optic cable

protocol

server

download

asynchronous communication (versus synchronous communication)

telephony

netiquette

FAQs (frequently asked questions)