_______________ Computers Continue to Handle the Information Processing Needs of Major

question 121

Short Answer

_______________ computers continue to handle the information processing needs of major corporations and governmental agencies with high transaction processing volumes or complex computational problems.

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

A learning process in which the likelihood of a behavior's occurrence is increased or decreased through reinforcement or punishment, respectively, introduced by B.F. Skinner.

Deterministic

The philosophical view that all events, including moral choices, are completely determined by previously existing causes.

Conscious Free Will

The concept that individuals have the ability to make choices and decisions consciously and voluntarily.

Fixed-Ratio Schedule

A type of reinforcement schedule in operant conditioning where a response is reinforced only after a specified number of responses have occurred.