CP102 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Mobile Device, Portable Computer, Application Software
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Data stored representations of meaningful objects and events. Metadata: describes the properties and context of user data. Data flow: data moving with a system. Processed to increase knowledge in the person using the data. Sequence of operations performed achieve a goal. Process may be a continually ongoing activity. Formal procedure for creating results using well-defined nation. Collection of techniques unified by a philosophical approach. Instruments or automated systems used to enact a technique. Technology used for creation, distribution and storage of information. Ongoing process of social, political and economic change brought by digital technology, like computers and the internet. Evolved through four phases: expired, tired, uninspired, desired. Converting text, numbers, sound, photos and video into data that can be processed by digital devices. Some historians label 1980 as beginning of dr; first phase of dr. First computers built during ww2 for breaking codes and calculating missile trajectories. Housed in closet-sized cabinets, didn"t include keyboard or monitor.