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1.) Why Computer based translations perform translations badly:

The reason is that for instance Google translator translates word for word to another language which may have a different meaning then from the original text. Some words may have more than one meaning and this can require very complex processing.

2.) How a markup language works?

Is a text based language- particularly in web pages.

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a. e-commerce is not possible without the internet since e-commerce publishes ads or commercials on the web for use of business.

b. B2B - Business 2 business
B2C - Business 2 Customer
C2B -Consumer-to-Business
C2C - Customer 2 customer

c. Characteristics: An intranet can serve its constituents faithfully, as long as network bandwidth suffices to meet user demands. As more intranet applications become available and more organizations and users begin to appreciate what they can do, demand will rise dramatically.The Web is platform neutral and global, and Web browsers function as universal clients. Web technology is based on open standards, is available for nearly all leading operating systems and hardware platforms, and can leverage legacy database systems.

IB Test Practice

1.) GPS (to navigate the pilot's route for the training) and a Headset (to speak to passengers on board or his instructors who are observing his training)

2.) Advantage of a student carrying a USB is that its handheld in size and can be easily carried around and saves all the students document and work onto the flash drive which gives him easy access instead of opening his/her email and downloading the attachment. A disadvantage of a USB is that it can be easily be lost which leaves the student in a tough situation in how he/she will present the assignment.

Key Terms- 2/16

1.) Intranet: A self-contained intraorganizational network that is designed using the same technology as the Internet.

S/E: Reliability- The intranet should be reliable in giving the same designed network as the internet.
AOI: Business and employment- Used in offices for networking


2.) Middleware: Connectivity software linking the client and server machines, providing easy access to information.

S/E: People and Machines- The client and server are connected in linking of accessing information

AOI: Business and employment-


3.) e-business: Though sometimes used interchangeably with the broader term e-commerce, here used to refer to the e-commerce activities of a particular company or organization.

S/E: Control- The client has control over the activities going around the company’s business.

AOI: Business and Employment

4.)e- Commerce: Programs on a Web server that provide the commercial services to consumers and business partners on the Web site.

S/E: Reliability- Reliable on the program to be effective during a business transaction
Service

AOI: Business and Employment-


5.) Dot-coms: Internet-based companies.

S/E: People and Machines- The client is linking with the internet

AOI: Business and Employment- Used in business purposes



6.) Mobile commerce: in which workers use laptops and wireless handheld devices to take their offices with them wherever they travel.

S/E: People and Machines: The users are using hand held technology to get the job done at work
AOI: Business & Employment and Education

2/11 Practice Test Questions

Define:

1- Computer Simulation are those programs based on models, based on reality in order to imitate a certain scenario. In a computer simulation, the user and the computer respond to data from each other.

2- Bandwidth means the quantity of information that can be transmitted through a communication medium in a given amount of time.

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