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Handles all application operations between a user and an organization's backend business systems; may reside on the same computer as the Web server or on its own dedicated computer. 152

ASP

A business that delivers and manages applications and computer services from remote computer centres to multiple users using the Internet or a private network. 178

A program written for a specific application to perform functions specified by end users 177

A prewritten commercially available set of software programs that eliminates the need for a firm to write its own software programs for certain functions, such as payroll processing or order handling 177

An industry-wide effort to develop systems that can configure themselves, optimize and tune themselves, heal themselves when broken, and protect themselves from outside intruders and self-destruction. 166

A binary digit representing either a 0 or 1. 146

Ultrathin computers consisting of a circuit board with processors, memory, and network connections that are sorted in racks. 161

A string of 8 bits that the computer stores as a unit; used to store a decimal number, a symbol, a character, or part of a picture. 146

CPU

Manipulates data into a more useful form and controls the other parts of the computer system. 145

A model for computing that splits processsing between clients and servers on a network, assigning functions to the machine most able to perform the function. 152

Desktop or laptop computers 152

Provides connections between the computer and communications networks. 146

A physical device that receives data from users as input, processes the data according to stored instructions, and outputs the processed information. 145