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Key termS and ConCePtS

Android 128 Kilobyte (K) 118 Quad processor 116
Application software 131 License 130 RAM 116
ARM 128 Linux 128 Self-driving car 121
Binary digits 117 Mac OS 127 Server 117
Bits 117 Machine code 135 Server farm 117
BlackBerry OS 128 Main memory 116 Server virtualization 129
Bring your own device (BYOD) M-commerce 142 Showrooming 140
policy 146 Megabyte (MB) 118 Site license 130
Bytes 118 Microsoft Windows 127 Smart device 120
Central processing unit (CPU) 116 Mobile device 139 Source code 134
Client 117 Mobile device management (MDM) Storage hardware 116
Closed source 135 software 147 Swift 136
Computer hardware 116 Mobile systems 139 Symbian 128
Custom-developed software 131 Modern-style application 127 Tablets 116
Desktop virtualization 130 Native application 126 Terabyte (TB) 118
Dual processor 116 Nonvolatile 119 Thick-client application 126
Exabyte (EB) 118 Object-oriented 136 Unix 127
Firmware 132 Off-the-shelf software 131 Vertical-market application 131
Gigabyte (GB) 118 Off-the-shelf with alterations Virtualization 129
GNU 132 software 131 Virtual machines (vm) 129
GNU general public license (GPL) One-of-a-kind application 131 Volatile 119
agreement 132 Open source 134 Web application 126
Horizontal-market application 131 Operating system (OS) 125 Windows RT 128
Host operating system 129 PC virtualization 129 Windows Server 128
Internet of Things (IoT) 119 Personal computers 116 Zettabyte (ZB) 118
iOS 128 Petabyte (PB) 118
Just-in-time data 144 PixelSense 156

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4-1. Microsoft offers free licenses of certain software • Microsoft Project 2013
products to students at colleges and universities • Visual Studio Developer
that participate in its DreamSpark program (for- • SQL Server 2014
merly known as the Microsoft Developer Network • Visio 2013
[MSDN] Academic Alliance [AA]). If your college or a. Search www.microsoft.com, www.google.com, or
university participates in this program, you have the www.bing.com and determine the function of each
opportunity to obtain hundreds of dollars of soft- of these software products.
ware for free. Here is a partial list of the software you b. Which of these software products are operating
can obtain: systems, and which are application programs?
• Microsoft Access 2013 c. Which of these programs are DBMS products (the
• OneNote 2013 subject of the next chapter)?
• Expression Studio 4 d. Which of these programs should you download
• Windows 2012 Server and install tonight?