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- 3. Often more powerful than a typical workstation or network server, these computers maintain an organization’s records that are critical to its existence.
- 5. Processes large amounts of information such as: insurance claims, evaluating census data, tracking credit card purchases, payroll processing, and customer billing.
- 7. Sits on, next to, or under an individual user's desk.
- 8. Apple iPod, e-book reader, Amazon Kindle.
- 11. A "dumb" terminal that has no storage and is useless if disconnected from the file server; typical handles transaction at stores and restaurants.
- 12. A notebook computer with a screen that lies flat.
- 13. These devices have limited amount of memory; examples include calculator and digital clock.
- 14. A personal computer from Apple Corporation.
- 16. Very portable with limited keyboards or touch-screen keypads.
- 17. Cellular telephone that have a limited keypad; often have a limited operating system; can be run mobile versions of software applications such as word processing and spreadsheets.
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- 1. A computer that runs specialized software to support Web pages; it may be a personal computer, workstation, or mainframe.
- 2. Another term for a personal computer.
- 4. Also called portable or notebook computers; the mouse is often replaced by a touchpad.
- 6. Most often used to manage appointments, tasks, list of phone numbers, and e-mail.
- 9. A computer that is dedicated to one function: game boxes and bar code scanners are examples.
- 10. Characterized by their ability to evaluate complex interaction quickly; these computers use a process called modeling using finite element analysis; modeling is used to design airplanes.
- 13. Most commonly referred to as personal computers.
- 15. Powerful computer that run special software to serve specific purposes.