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Which of the following is NOT an IT infrastructure service component?

A) operating system software
B) computing platforms to provide a coherent digital environment
C) physical facility management to manage the facilities housing physical components
D) IT management services to plan and develop the infrastructure and provide project management

E) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

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The introduction of the minicomputer:

A) allowed computers to be customized to the specific needs of departments or business units.
B) enabled decentralized computing.
C) offered new,powerful machines at lower prices than mainframes.
D) all of the above.

E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

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IT infrastructure technology is purely a set of physical devices and software applications that are required to operate the entire enterprise.

Which of the following factors provides an understanding of why computing resources today are ever more available than in previous decades?

Application server software is responsible for locating and managing stored Web pages.

Today's nanotechnology-produced computer transistors are roughly equivalent in size to:

________ are services that provide data,voice,and video connectivity to employees,customers,and suppliers.

Perhaps the most well known open source software is ________,an operating system related to Unix.

Some organizations spend more money to keep their data centres cool than they spend to lease the ________ itself.

Data hungry tasks such as video on demand,downloading music,exchanging photos,and maintaining Web sites require more and more power-hungry machines.

A ________ maintains a large Web server,or series of servers,and provides fee-paying subscribers with space to maintain their Web sites.

________ is a suite of communications protocols and a common addressing scheme that enables millions of computers to connect together in one giant global network (the Internet).

________ states that the value or power of a network grows exponentially as a function of the number of network members.

________ refers to a model of computing in which firms and individuals obtain computing power and software applications over the Internet,rather than purchasing their own hardware and software.

________ is a network standard for connecting desktop computers into local area networks that enabled the widespread adoption of client/server computing and local area networks and further stimulated the adoption of personal computers.

A software tool with a graphical user interface for displaying Web pages and for accessing the Web and other Internet resources is called

Today's enterprise infrastructure and Internet computing would be impossible without agreements among manufacturers and widespread consumer acceptance of ________ standards.

Hypertext markup language specifies how text,graphics,video,and sound are placed on a Web page document.

One technology driver transforming IT infrastructure is the rapid decline in the costs of communication and the exponential growth in the size of the Internet.

Today most business firms have discontinued operating their legacy systems,replacing these with inexpensive Web services and hosted software.