What Activity Uses Several Computers, Often Owned by Many People

question 81

Multiple Choice

What activity uses several computers, often owned by many people or different organizations, working in a coordinated manner to solve a common problem?

• A)cloud computing
• B)grid computing
• C)parallel computing
• D)virtual computing

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Definitions:

Point Estimate

A single value given as the best guess or estimate of a population parameter based on sample data.

Interval Estimate

An interval estimate is a range of values derived from sample statistics that is likely to contain the value of an unknown population parameter.

Population Parameter

A numerical value summarizing the entire population that can often be estimated by a statistic derived from a sample.

Margin of Error

The maximum expected difference between the true population parameter and a sample estimate of that parameter.