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People play an important role in information systems by using the hardware, software, data, and procedures. An information system consists of computer hardware, software, data, procedures, and people. System software includes the operating system which controls computer resources like allocating memory, starting/stopping programs, and managing input/output devices. There are two types of application programs - native applications designed for a specific operating system and web applications designed to run within a web browser.

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People play an important role in information systems by using the hardware, software, data, and procedures. An information system consists of computer hardware, software, data, procedures, and people. System software includes the operating system which controls computer resources like allocating memory, starting/stopping programs, and managing input/output devices. There are two types of application programs - native applications designed for a specific operating system and web applications designed to run within a web browser.

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1. Explain the parts of an information system. What part do people play in this system?

A model of the components of an information system: computer hardware, software, data,


procedures, and people.
- Hardware: the computer, storage disk, keyboard, and monitor
- Software: Word, WordPerfect, or some other word-processing program
- Data the words, sentences, and paragraphs in your report
- Procedures: the methods you use to start the program, enter your report, print it, and save
and back up your file
- People: you
People plays
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— 2. What is system software?  What kinds of programs are included in system software?
Every computer has an operating system (OS), which is a program that controls that
computer’s resources. Some of the functions of an operating system are to read and write data,
allocate main memory, perform memory swapping, start and stop programs, respond to error
conditions, and facilitate backup and recovery. In addition, the operating system creates and manages
the user interface, including the display, keyboard, mouse, and other devices.
There are two types of application programs.
- Native applications are programs that are written to use a particular operating system
such as Microsoft Access,
- A Web application (also known as a thin-client application) is designed to run within
a computer browser such as Firefox, Chrome, Opera, or Edge.

3. Define and compare general-purpose applications, specialized applications and apps.


Describe some different types general-purpose applications. Describe some types of
specialized applications.

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4. Describe the different types of computers. What is the most common type? What are
the types of personal computers?
There are 5 different types of computers:
- Personal computers (PCs) are classic computing devices that are used by individuals
including desktops and laptops.
- Tablet Apple brought tablets to prominence with the iPad. In 2012, Microsoft
announced Surface and Google announced the Nexus series, all tablets.
- Smartphones are cell phones with processing capability, the Samsung Galaxy S6 is a
good example. Today, because it’s hard to find a cell phone that isn’t “smart,”
people often just call them phones.
- A server is a computer that is designed to support processing requests from many
remote computers and users. A server is essentially a PC on steroids. A server differs
from a PC principally because of what it does.
- A server farm is a collection of typically thousands of servers.
Web? What is cloud computing, the wireless revolution and IoT?

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