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42 Cards in this Set
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A server farm is a group of computers that are linked together so they act as a one computer. |
True |
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An N-tiered architecture: |
is generally more "scalable" than a three-tiered architecture |
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______________, or the algorithms or business logic programmed into the application, can be simple or complex depending on the application. |
application logic |
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The protocol that makes it possible for a Macintosh web browser to be able to retrieve a Web page from a Microsoft Web server is called _____________________. |
Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
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Marc Andreessen led a team that developed the first graphical Web browser, which was called: |
Mosaic |
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IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) |
permits an e-mail message to remain stored on the mail server even after they have been read by a client computer |
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Cloud computing is now available on the client side (i.e. the desktop). |
True |
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Host-based and client-based networks are similar in that the client computer performs most of the work. |
False |
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With the two-tier client-server architecture, the server is responsible for the ________ logic. |
data access |
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One of the most frequently used Telnet applications is |
PuTTY |
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A ________ is a group of computers linked together so that they act as one computer. |
server farm |
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An application program function is __________, or the processing required to access data. |
data access logic |
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In a host-based system with a mainframe, upgrades to the host are _____________. |
Lumpy |
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In a client-server network, _________ gets software from different vendors to work together. |
middleware |
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____________ is not an important middleware standard. |
Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) |
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The standard protocol for communication between a Web browser and a Web server is the web protocol. |
False |
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_________ is an application program function that deals with storing and retrieving data. |
data storage |
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As the demand for more and more network applications grow; host-based computing becomes the best solution. |
False |
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The earliest data communications networks were client-server networks. |
False |
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Which of the following is not a general function by any application program? |
application access storage |
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In the three tier architecture the software on the client computer is responsible for____________. |
presentation |
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The World Wide Web was conceived at University of Utah as part of the development of the Internet. |
False |
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Scalability refers to the ability to increase or decrease the capacity of the computing infrastructure in response to changing capacity needs. |
True |
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To get a page from the Web, a user must type in a URL, which stands for: |
Uniform Resource Locator |
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With a client-based network, one fundamental problem is that: |
all data on the server must travel to the client for processing |
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One disadvantage of the ____________ architecture is that places a greater load on the network. |
n-tier |
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The idea for a special hypertext network, called the World Wide Web, was conceived of by: |
Tim Berners-Lee at the European Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN) in 1989 |
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A request header for an HTTP request starts with a command, such as GET, and ends with the HTTP version number that the browser understands. |
False |
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A "thin client" approach places most of the application logic on the client. |
False |
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Which of the following is not a user agent package? |
Microsoft Word |
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Web-based e-mail like Hotmail is an example of three-tier client-server architecture that provides access to e-mail messages. |
True |
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With the "thin client" architecture, when an application changes, only the _________ with the application logic needs to be updated. |
server |
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________ is the presentation of information to the user and the acceptance of the user's commands. |
presentation logic |
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The four general functions of any application program are: data storage, data access logic, application logic and presentation logic. |
True |
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The acronym, MIME, refers to: |
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension |
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The ________________ cloud deployment model provides the highest levels of control, privacy and security. |
private |
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The two functions of middleware are to: 1) provide a standard way of communicating that can translate between software from different vendors, and 2) manage the message transfer between clients and servers so that clients do not need to 'know' which server contains the application's data. |
True |
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With the two-tier client-server architecture, the server is responsible for the ________ logic. |
data access |
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There are optional and required parts of an HTTP request. They are: |
request line, request header, request body |
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To use the Web, each client computer requires a data link layer software package called a Web browser. |
False |
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A(n) __________ is the way in which the functions of the application layer software are spread among the clients and servers in the network. |
application architecture |
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Cloud computing is now available on the client side (i.e. the desktop). |
True |