Post Midterm 2 - Topics to Emphasize

Review all the notes and assigned readings, but the following topics are most important.

Databases

What is a data base management system?

How can data accuracy and integrity be enhanced?

How can data security be maintained?

What is a file? What is a record?

What is a relational database?

What do query languages for databases do?

How can select, join, and project be used to answer relational queries?

What is a geographic information system?

HTML

What is HTML?

What kinds of programming can you do in HTML? What can't you do?

What happens to your home page when someone reads it?

Computer Ethics

What are some ethical issues raised by the WWW?

What is a virus? How does it work?

What is encryption? Why is it necessary?

What is software piracy?

Can Computers Think?

How would you define thinking?

What is the Turing test?

How does a computer chess program work?

How do brains differ from computers?

Graphics and Virtual Reality

What kinds of applications is computer graphics useful for?

What is virtual reality?

History and Future of Computers?

Who invented the computer? Why is this a complicated question?

What can we expect about future increases in CPU speed and storage capacity?

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