Using Information Technology: A Practical Introduction to Computers and Communications, 5/e

Brian K. Williams
Stacey Sawyer

THE CHALLENGES OF THE DIGITAL AGE: Society & Information Technology Today

Chapter 9 Fill in the Blanks


1		A(n) is the security number known only to you that is required to access an ATM.


2		In a(n) - system, the user calls the computer system, punches in the password, hangs up, and waits for the computer to call back the user's preauthorized number.


3		A(n) is a record of how a transaction was handled from input through processing and output.


4		A(n) - is a method of restoring information processing operations that have been halted by destruction or accident.


5		The phrase "information superhighway" is slowly being replaced with .


6		VBNS is aimed at upgrading the or primary hubs of data transmission.


7		The refers to the gap between those with and those without access to information technology.


8		A(n) is a program that copies itself repeatedly into a computer's memory or onto a disk drive.


9		A(n) virus attaches itself to an executable file, such as one ending with a .exe extension.


10		Worms and viruses are passed by diskette and by .

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