Bus/210 Appendix E

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Appendix E

Hardware/Software Components

In your own words, describe the following hardware/software components

|Legacy systems |Legacy systems are the hardware and software systems that a company already uses. They|

| |are a huge investment and can be customized to meet a company’s exact needs. |

|Mainframe computers |Mainframe computers are the core of a company’s information processing and information|

| |system. |

|Microprocessors |Microprocessors can also be called computers on chips. These chips are less powerful |

| |than mainframe computers, but opened up opportunity for individual computing. |

|PCs |A PC is a computer for an individual user. It could and can be programmed to do |

| |whatever the user wants. |

|Network computers |Network computers are computers that are linked together in a network for better |

| |communications between them. A collection of client PC’s into a central server is |

| |called a local area network. |

|World Wide Web and Internet |Software that connects databases to different institutions making it possible to hold |

| |information on web pages. The internet is made up of computer hardware that connects |

| |them to a global network...