When you visit a website and click a Download button, you activate software that adheres to a certain protocol. What protocol is that?

If you were giving advice to a business on using social media, what would you list as advantages and disadvantages? Can it be done "wrong"?

Why is it not advisable to query data from transactional databases for executive decision making the same way you do data warehouses?

Consider the following statement: Database management systems and data-warehousing techniques are the greatest threat to individual privacy in modern times. What do you believe are the issues associated with the consolidation and gathering of private-industry data (discussed in the Ethical & Societal section) by the federal government?