114) The appearance of the IBM PC in 1981 is usually considered the beginning of this era because this machine was the first to be widely adopted by American businesses. This describes the ________. A) General-Purpose Mainframe and Minicomputer Era B) Personal Computer Era C) Client/Server Era D) Enterprise Computing Era 115) Computer processing work is split between these two types of machines. This describes the ________. A) General-Purpose Mainframe and Minicomputer Era B) Personal Computer Era C) Client/Server Era D) Enterprise Computing Era 116) In the early 1990s, firms turned to networking standards and software tools that could integrate disparate networks and applications throughout the firm. This describes the ________. A) General-Purpose Mainframe and Minicomputer Era B) Personal Computer Era C) Client/Server Era D) Enterprise Computing Era 117) Packing over 2 billion ________ into a tiny microprocessor has exponentially increased processing power. A) nanos B) atoms C) molecules D) transistors 118) Since the first magnetic storage device was used in 1955, the cost of storing a kilobyte of data has fallen exponentially, ________ the amount of digital storage for each dollar expended every 15 months on average. A) decreasing B) equalling C) tripling D) doubling 119) One reason for the ________ in the Internet population is the rapid decline in Internet connection and overall communication costs. A) stagnation B) decline C) drop D) growth 120) ________ isan easy-to-use software language that greatly expanded the ability of programmers to write business-related programs and reduced the cost of software. It was sponsored by the U.S. Defense Department in 1959. A) COBOL B) COBAL C) HTML D) Growth 121) The new mobile platform also includes small low-cost lightweight “subnotebooks,” called ________. A) netbooks B) e-books C) i-books D) iPads 122) Reducing computer ________ consumption has been a very high “green” priority. A) power B) chemical C) resource D) transistor

114)
The appearance of the IBM PC in 1981 is usually considered the beginning of
this era because this machine was the first to be widely adopted by American
businesses. This describes the ________.
A)
General-Purpose Mainframe and Minicomputer Era
B)
Personal Computer Era
C)
Client/Server Era
D)
Enterprise Computing Era

115)
Computer processing work is split between these two types of machines. This
describes the ________.
A)
General-Purpose Mainframe and Minicomputer Era
B)
Personal Computer Era
C)
Client/Server Era
D)
Enterprise Computing Era

116)
In the early 1990s, firms turned to networking standards and software tools
that could integrate disparate networks and applications throughout the firm.
This describes the ________.
A)
General-Purpose Mainframe and Minicomputer Era
B)
Personal Computer Era
C)
Client/Server Era
D)
Enterprise Computing Era

117)
Packing over 2 billion ________ into a tiny microprocessor has exponentially
increased processing power.
A)
nanos
B)
atoms
C)
molecules
D)
transistors

118)
Since the first magnetic storage device was used in 1955, the
cost of storing a kilobyte of data has fallen exponentially, ________ the
amount of digital storage for each dollar expended every 15 months on average.
A)
decreasing
B)
equalling
C)
tripling
D)
doubling

119)
One reason for the ________ in the Internet population is the
rapid decline in Internet connection and overall communication costs.
A)
stagnation
B)
decline
C)
drop
D)
growth

120)
________ isan easy-to-use software language that greatly expanded the
ability of programmers to write business-related programs and reduced the cost
of software. It was sponsored by the U.S. Defense Department in 1959.
A)
COBOL
B)
COBAL
C)
HTML
D)
Growth

121)
The new mobile platform also includes small low-cost lightweight
“subnotebooks,” called ________.
A)
netbooks
B)
e-books
C)
i-books
D)
iPads

122)
Reducing computer ________ consumption has been a very high
“green” priority.
A)
power
B)
chemical
C)
resource
D)
transistor

123)
________are small pieces of software that run on the Internet, a
computer, or a cell phone and are generally delivered over the Internet.
A)
Apps
B)
Mashups
C)
SLA
D)
SaaS