What Is Considered to Be the Most Important Element in a Computer-Based

question 21

Multiple Choice

What is considered to be the most important element in a computer-based information system?

• A)hardware
• B)software
• C)procedures
• D)people

Understand the principles of actor-network theory including concepts like decentering, antifoundationalism, and the agency of nonhuman objects.

Analyze critiques of queer theory, including its focus on identity and the challenge of translating theory into action.

Comprehend the concepts of posthumanism and how sociology can extend beyond human actors.

Appreciate the impact of queer theory on understanding sexuality as a central feature of social life and its constructed nature.

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Definitions:

Cartels

Associations of independent businesses or organizations that agree to regulate production, pricing, and marketing of goods to maximize profits.

Winning Bids

Offers in an auction that outmatch all others, securing the auctioned item or service for the bidder.

Bid-rigging

An illegal agreement between parties to fix the outcome of a bidding process to benefit themselves at the expense of others.

Cartels

Formal agreements among competing firms to control prices or output in a particular market, often to monopolize a market.