A review of concepts covered over the semester in anticipation of the upcoming final.

1. Concepts review
IST 523
April 23, 2008

2. Overview
• Concept Q
• Questions
• Next week overview

3. True and false

4. Most of the computers you
would see in an airport terminal
are monolithic.

5. True
• Monolithic computers are all-in-one
computers
• Laptops are monolithic
• Computers in public areas like airports are
more likely to be monolithic due to nature
of their location

6. Finding a number in a phone
book is an example of random
access.

7. True
• You don’t have to look through all the
preceding numbers in a phone book to find
the specific number you’re looking for.
• Sequential access is the process of
looking through all the preceding numbers