43) How can the Internet of Things act as a disruptive force to change the way in which businesses function?
44) A(n) ________ is a program that controls a computer's resources.
A) cache
B) operating system
C) central processing unit
D) data bus
45) Which of the following statements is true of an operating system?
A) It does a lot of application-specific work.
B) It comes in particular versions that are written for particular types of hardware.
C) It does only little or no memory management.
D) It has to be the same across all computers in a network in order to process application programs.
46) ________ are programs that are written to use a particular operating system.
A) Web applications
B) Thin-client applications
C) Native applications
D) Vertical-market applications
47) Application programs that run within a browser, without the need to be preinstalled on client computers, are referred to as ________.
A) thin-client applications
B) native applications
C) desktop programs
D) thick-client applications
48) Which of the following statements is true of thick-client applications?
A) They are application programs that need not be preinstalled on the client computer.
B) They mostly run on a single operating system.
C) They do not need a server connection to run.
D) They require nothing more than a browser to function.