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a given or fact. can be a number, statement, or picture. |
Data |
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facts or conclusions that have meaning within context. composed of data that is manipulated. |
Information |
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no connections with other systems |
closed system |
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interfaces and interacts with other systems. Often a subsystem of a bigger system. |
open system |
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combining resources to produce greater output. |
synergy |
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a business event, usually entered as input |
transaction |
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designs and updates information systems, involves analyzing system requirements, documenting development efforts, and providing specifications for programmers. |
systems analyst |
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responsible for databases |
database administrator |
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enters the market later than other competitors |
late mover |
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failure occurring because of company trying to be on leading edge. |
bleeding edge |
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incurred when customers stop buying from company and starts buying from another company |
switching costs |
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organization that is first to offer a new product or service |
first mover |
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eliminating and rebuilding operations from the group up. involves new machinery and elimination of management layers. |
reengineering |
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the degree to which a goal is achieved |
effectiveness |
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the relationship between resources expended and benefits gained in achieving a goal |
efficiency |
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group meeting and collaborating to generate ideas |
brainstorming |
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time between generating an idea for product and completing a prototype |
time to market |
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efficiency of human resources |
productivity |
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allows recording of information about product |
radio frequency identification (RFID) |
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build several technologies into single piece of hardware |
technology convergence |
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standard keyboard |
QWERTY |
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facilitates faster typing |
Dvorak |
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detects magnetic ink on checks |
magnetic-Ink character recognition (meeker) |
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data is organized one record after another. slow and less convenient. |
sequential storage |
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records are organized by physical address on the device |
direct access |
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redundant array of independent disks |
RAID |
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series of instructions to execute processes |
software |
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language hardware understands. 0's and 1's |
machine language |
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locating and fixing program errors |
debugging |
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code produced by web programming language |
applet |
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program as originally written |
source code |
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program in machine language |
object code |
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enables us to control device |
driver |
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sold for profit. private code. developer retains rights to software. |
proprietary software |