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Chapter 16 topics:
• Define and describe a capital expense. How are capital expenses different from operational expenses?
• Define and describe economies of scale and provide a cloud-based example.
• Define and describe "right sizing" as it pertains to cloud computing.
• Define Moore's law and discus how it might influence cloud migration.
Chapter 17 topics:
• Compare and contrast functional and nonfunctional requirements and provide an example of each.
• Discuss why a designer should avoid selecting an implementation platform for as long as possible during the design process.
• Discuss various trade-offs a designer may need to make with respect to nonfunctional requirements.
• Discuss why the system maintenance phase is often the most expensive phase of the software development life cycle.
Chapter 18 topics:
• Using Yahoo! Pipes, create a pipe that displays the names of pizza restaurants within a given zip code.
• Using Google App Engine, create a page that displays the following Python script:
o print "Content-type: text/html\n\n"
o print "<html>Cloud Computing, Chapter 18</html>"
Chapter 19 topics:
• Define scalability.
• List five to ten potential relationships that align with the Pareto principle, such as how 80 percent of sales come from 20 percent of customers.
• Compare and contrast vertical and horizontal scaling.
• Explain the importance of the database read/write ratio.
Chapter 20 topics:
• List and describe five ways you think the cloud will change the future of TV.
• List and describe five potential uses for intelligent fabric.
• Discuss how the cloud will impact future operating systems.
• List and describe three potential location-aware applications.