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deal with the planning for, development, management, and use of information technology tools to help people perform all tasks related to information processing and management
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Management Information Systems (MIS)-
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raw facts that describe a particular phenomenon
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data
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is data that have a particular meaning within a specific context
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Information-
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collective information about your customers, your competitors, your business, partners, your competitive environment, and your own internal operation that gives you the ability to make effective, important, and often strategic business decisions
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Business Intelligence (BI)-
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Key resources of MIS
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people, information, and technology
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Do business decisions drive technology decisions or vice versa?
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Business decisions always drives technology decisions
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consists of the physical devices that make up a computer
is the set of instructions that your hardware executes to carry out a specific task for you |
hardware, software
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Input devices, output devices, storage devices, etc.
Operating systems, application software, utility software, etc |
Components of IT
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convert information and commands from and form that you understand into a form your computer can understand
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Input devices
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Help you see, hear, or otherwise accept the results of your information processing requests, that is, convert information from a form your computer understands into a form you can understand
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output device
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the real brains of your computer that execute software instructions
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CPU
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Hold the information, application software, and operating system software your working with
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RAM
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store information for use at a later time
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send information to and from persons and locations
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system software that controls your application software and manages how your hardware devices work together
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operating systems
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the software that enables you to solve specific problems or perform specific tasks
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application software
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software that provides additional functionality to your operating system software
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utility software
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helps you perform personal tasks such as writing a memo, creating a graph
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personal productivity software
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Mainframes, minicomputers, etc.
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Computers by size
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a small handheld computer that helps you surf the Web and perform simple tasks such as note taking, calendaring, appointment scheduling
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Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)
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is a pen based computer that provides the screen capabilities of a PDA with the functional capabilities of a notebook or desktop computer
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Tablet PC
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is a small, portable, fully functional battery-powered computer designed for you to carry with you
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Notebook Computer
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the most popular choice for personal computing
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Desktop Computer
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designed to meet the computing needs of several people simultaneously in a small to medium-size business environment
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Minicomputer
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a computer designed to meet the computing needs of hundreds of people in a large business environment
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Mainframe Computer (MAINFRAME)-
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s the fastest, most powerful, and most expensive type of computer
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Supercomputer
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