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Network versus stand-alone applications. S kills : none C oncepts : application, network versus stand-alone application, client, server, application versus system program. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. .

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S kills : none

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  1. Network versus stand-alone applications Skills: none Concepts: application, network versus stand-alone application, client, server, application versus system program This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License.

  2. Where does this topic fit? • Internet concepts • Applications • Technology • Implications • Internet skills • Application development • Content creation • User skills

  3. Network versus stand-alone applications What is the difference? Is word processing a network or stand-alone application?

  4. Microsoft Word – a stand-alone application CPU Input Devices Output Devices Operating system MS word Current WP Document Operating system … WP doc2 MS word WP doc1 WP docn

  5. Google Docs – a network application Google Docs WP program WP docn … WP doc2 WP doc1 user’s computer

  6. Things change over time Text videos Programs Image Audio Which type of data was first stored on the Internet? Why didn’t we store all data types on the Internet from the start?

  7. A remote computer called docs.google.com User’s computer docs.google.com Which computer is the client? The server? Explain your answer.

  8. Client and server server Client

  9. System versus application programs Operating system MS word Current WP Document

  10. Summary Google Docs WP program WP docn … WP doc2 WP doc1 user’s computer

  11. Self-study questions We discussed two word processing programs, Microsoft Word and Google Docs. What are two advantages of Google Docs over Word? What are two advantages of Word over Google Docs? Will future improvement in storage technology favor Word or Google Docs? (Explain) Will future improvement in communication technology favor Word or Google Docs? (Explain) Is email a network or a stand-alone application? (Explain) Is spreadsheet processing a network or a stand-alone application? (Explain) We see that the operating system is in memory while one is using a computer -- when is the operating system copied from storage to memory? Audio and video data came relatively late to the Internet – why was there use delayed?

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