16 Questions
Which era marked the beginning of widespread commercial use of mainframe computers?
General-Purpose Mainframe and Minicomputer Era
What type of software tools were launched during the Proliferation of PCs era?
Word processors, spreadsheets, electronic presentation software
When did the IBM 360 series come into its own?
1965
What was the significance of the introduction of the IBM 1401 and 7090 transistorized machines in 1959?
Marking the beginning of widespread commercial use of mainframe computers
What did the mainframe computers become powerful enough to support in the General-Purpose Mainframe and Minicomputer Era?
Thousands of online remote terminals connected to the centralized mainframe using proprietary communication protocols and proprietary data lines
What initiated a spate of personal desktop productivity software tools during the Personal Computer Era?
Proliferation of PCs
What term refers to a model of computing that provides access to a shared pool of computing resources over a network, often the Internet?
Cloud computing
In client/server computing, what type of computers are networked to powerful server computers that provide the client computers with a variety of services and capabilities?
Desktops
What determines the power of personal computers and allows users to make good buying decisions and determine if their current system will run new applications?
Speed, capacity, and flexibility
What did firms turn to in the early 1990s to integrate disparate networks and applications throughout the firm into an enterprise-wide infrastructure?
Networking standards
In the Cloud Computing Model, what refers to a model of computing that provides access to a shared pool of computing resources over a network?
Cloud computing
What are server computers typically based on today, and often use multiple processors in a single computer box or in server racks?
Inexpensive chips
What does the term 'server' refer to in client/server computing?
Both the software application and the physical computer
What began to be seriously used by business firms after 1995 to tie their disparate networks together?
'TCP/IP' networking standard
What does the term 'client' refer to in client/server computing?
'Client' refers only to the user point of entry
What refers to a model of computing that provides access to a shared pool of computing resources over a network, often the Internet?
Cloud computing
This quiz covers the evolution of IT hardware, focusing on the system unit and hardware trends. Topics include the stages of IT infrastructure, different types of computer hardware, and the general-purpose mainframe and minicomputer era.
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