A Computer Used as a Component of a Larger System

question 27

Multiple Choice

A computer used as a component of a larger system is called

• A) an embedded system.
• B) a mainframe computer.
• C) a network.
• D) an operating system.
• E) a personal computer .

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Definitions:

Economies of Scale

Cost advantages that enterprises obtain due to their scale of operation, with cost per unit of output generally decreasing with increasing scale as fixed costs are spread out over more units of output.

Diseconomies of Scale

The phenomenon where production costs per unit increase as a firm or production process scales up, contrary to economies of scale where costs decrease.

Boeing

An American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, telecommunications equipment, and missiles worldwide.

Law of Diminishing Returns

An economic principle stating that adding more of one factor of production, while holding others constant, will at some point yield lower per-unit returns.