Computer Networks and Internet Services

Network access points (NAPs) and metropolitan area exchanges (_______) are hubs where the backbone intersects regional and local networks and where backbone owners connect with one another.

Client computers running Web browser and other software can access an array of services on _______ over the Internet.

A _______ phone call digitizes and breaks up a voice message into data packets that may travel along different routes before being reassembled at the final destination.

File Transfer _______ (FTP) is a protocol used for transferring files over the Internet.

A processor nearest the call’s destination, called a _______, arranges the packets in the proper order and directs them to the telephone number of the receiver or the IP address of the receiving computer.

The _______ Wide Web is an internet service that allows users to access and share information over the Internet.

The major source of Internet advertising revenue is via ______ marketing

Web pages are created using a text markup language called ______

Web page addresses are composed of the ______ name of the web site and the file location of the individual web page

The primary method of finding information of interest on the Web is through ______

Google visited over 100 billion ______ in 2010

Web pages available only to subscribers for a fee are known as ______ content

Net marketplaces are also known as ______ in the context of B2B e-commerce.

A net marketplace generates revenue from ______ fees and other services.

In a net marketplace, prices can be established through ______, auction, RFQs, or fixed prices.

Direct goods are goods used in a ______ process, such as sheet steel for auto body production.

Indirect goods are all other goods not directly involved in the ______ process, such as office supplies or products for maintenance and repair.

Exostar is an aerospace and defense industry-sponsored Net marketplace that focuses on ______ contract purchasing relationships and on providing common networks and computing platforms for reducing supply chain inefficiencies.

The ______ operation retrieves just those parts in the PART table whose part number is 137 or 150.

Access has ______ for these commands.

The ______ operation uses the foreign key of the Supplier Number provided by the PART table to locate supplier data from the Supplier Table.

The three basic operations of a relational DBMS are the ______, join, and project operations.

The ______ operation limits the columns to be shown to be simply the part number, part name, supplier number, and supplier name.

Capital budgeting models rely on measures of the firm's ______ outflows and cash inflows.

The ______ method is a capital budgeting model that calculates the time it takes to recover an investment.

The real options pricing model is useful when future ______ streams of IT projects are uncertain.

Real options pricing models give managers flexibility to ______ IT investment or test the waters with small pilot projects.

An option is essentially the right, but not the ______, to act at some future date.

Financial models do not take into account ______ and organizational dimensions that may affect costs and benefits.