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8 Cards in this Set
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What are Information Systems?
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Built and used by people to collect, create and distribute useful data.
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Information systems components: Data
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Raw inputs for entry into IS.
Provides basis for qualitative/quantitative analysis. |
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Information systems components: Hardware
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Physical components of IS.
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Information systems components; Software
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instructions that operate the IS.
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Information systems components: Telecommunications
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communication mechanism of IS, allows two or more computers to communicate.
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Knowledge Worker
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professionals that create, modify and/or synthesize information as a fundamental part of their job.
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Knowledge Society
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evolution resulting in the rise in numbers and the importance of knowledgeable workers in society.
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New Economy
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Describes a society where people use their brains more than their hands in their work and personal lives.
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