CIS 1000 Chapter : Intro to Computer Applications.docx

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Computing and Information Science
• Course: CIS 1000
• Professor: Zoe Zhu

Document Summary

Chapter 1: why computers matter to you: becoming computer literate. Computer literate: being familiar enough with computers that you understand their capabilities and limitations. Data mining: process of searching huge amounts of data with the hope of finding a pattern. Bluetooth technology: a type of wireless communication to transmit the scanned data through radio waves to a terminal (maxicode in ups shipping, etc) Computer forensics: a specialty that analyzes computer systems with specific techniques to gather potential legal evidence. Radio frequency identification tags (rfid): agricultural outbreaks can be managed and minimized. Patient simulator: life-sized computer-controlled mannequins that can speak, breathe, and blink; pulse and heartbeat and respond just like humans to procedures such as administration of intravenous drugs. Braingate neural interface: implanted in the patient"s brain, a signal converter recognizes patterns and then translates them into commands to a robotic arm. Nanometers: involves the study of molecules and structures (called nanostructures); one billionth of a meter.