156) A ________
is an easy-to-use software tool with a graphical user interface for displaying Web pages and for accessing the Web and other Internet resources.
157) ________ is a technique for creating interactive Web applications capable of updating the user interface without reloading the entire browser page.
158) ________ is a software architecture of a firm built on a collection of software programs that communicate with each other to perform assigned tasks to create a working software application.
159) Increasingly, software is downloadable from the Internet and composed of interchangeable components that integrate freely with other applications on the Internet. Individual users and entire companies mix and match these software components to create their own customized applications and to share information with others. The resulting software applications are called ________.
160) A ________
is a prewritten commercially available set of software programs that eliminates the need for a firm to write its own software programs for certain functions.
161) ________ are services for delivering and providing access to software remotely as a Web-based service.
162) A third external source of software is ________,
in which a firm contracts custom software development or maintenance of existing legacy programs to outside firms, frequently firms that operate offshore in low-wage areas of the world.
163) A long-standing issue among information system managers and CEOs has been the question of who will ________ and manage the firm's IT infrastructure.
164) ________
designates the total cost of owning technology resources, including initial purchase costs, the cost of hardware and software upgrades, maintenance, technical support, and training.
165) ________
uses individual atoms and molecules to create computer chips and other devices thinner than a human hair.