Answer to Question #257820 in Computer Networks for junior

Question

a) Define the following terms: A network, World wide web, Database, and Information

technology

b) Give three examples of data storage devices

c) How would you compare Information systems to computer science?

d) Give four examples of computer peripheral devices and classify them into two main 

groups.

Answer 1

a)

A network-it two or more computer that are linked together by either cobles or wireless to share resources

World wide web-an information system on the internet which allows documents to be connected by hypertext links, enabling the user to search information by moving from one document to another.

Database- an organized collection of data stored and accessed electronically from a computer system.

Information-it data that has been converted into a more useful or intelligible form.

b) Examples of storage devices

Hard drive

Floppy disk

USB flash drive

c) information system involves working with both hardware(CPU, hard disk, RAM) and software (Operating system, web browsers) while computer science deals with the development of software and software systems.

d)

input devices-keyboard, joystick, trackpad

output devices-headphones, laser printer, ink-jet