1) AWS Data Center Tour 1

The way people consume content has changed drastically over the years. To store photos, you used to have to print them and put them in ​ (a)   . Documents were kept in bulky ​ (b)   cabinets. You even had to go to the store to buy or rent ​ (c)   of music and movies.

Match the so called 'Ancient' Technology terms

Trivia Poll:

How big was the first programmable computer?

So what changed? How are we able to ​ (a)   movies from anywhere at any time? All of this and more will be answered on today's ​ (b)   .

What are the parts of an individual computing system?

To answer this question, we first must understand how an individual computer works. A computer is an electronic device that stores, retrieves, and processes ​ (a)   . Computers have four main components: inputs, ​ (b)   , storage, and outputs. Each component uses both hardware (physical stuff you can touch) and ​ (c)   (computer code) to do its job.

Cloud computing is the ​ (a)   of information resources through the ​ (b)   . Instead of carrying around hard drives full of photos or getting a video from the store, you can ​ (c)   when you want it from "the cloud". You still enter inputs and watch outputs on your computer, but the processing and storage are done ​ (d)   and delivered to you through the internet.

______ allows the storage and processing of data to happen elsewhere instead of an individual computer.

To pass data, computers ​ (a)   into electrical pulses and light waves. These electrical pulses and light waves can be passed through ​ (b)   (conduction) or through waves (​ (c)   ). When another computer receives the electrical pulses or light waves, it uses processing to ​ (d)   the message and interpret the information.

_____________ are made of tiny glass tubes and allow information to be sent to and from data centers using light waves.