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42 Cards in this Set
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includes computers and communication technologies, most notably the internet
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Information Technologies
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The system of interconnected economies based on capitalist markets
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globalization
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Protect an invention for 20 years
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patents
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Protects the expression of an idea
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copyright
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a word phrase or symbol used to identify a product or a business for the purpose of conducting commerce
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trademark
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inventions that the inventor has decided to keep secret
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trade secrets
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Raw facts
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data
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raw facts within a given context
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information
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is a set of interrelated information technologies that work together to process store recieve collect and distribute info
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information system
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consists of computers that include input and output devices
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hardware
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a set of instructions that tell the hardware what to do
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software
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special types of software that enable the storage and retrieval of vast amounts of data
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databases
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allow computers to communicate with eachother
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networks
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a worldwide connection of networks based on standard technologies that allow companies to comunicate with eachother and allow companies to do business with customers
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the internet
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systems that support all of the administrative and functional levels
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enterprise recource planing
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require info that can generate reports and warn them when problems are occuring in their particular area of responsibility
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managment information systems
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information systems that help managers make decisions that are not routine
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decision support systems
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systems that provide info links between companies
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interorganizational systems
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systems that help sales people maintain prospect lists, track orders, and project sales
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sales force automation
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systems that integrate all of the sales and marketing functions in one system
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customer relationship managment
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can handle everthing from the most mundane tasks such as filing out a time sheet to the most complex such as handeling a benefits enrollment
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human recource managment systems
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allowing employees to work from home while providing access to computerized data and applications
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telecomuting
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a set of principles of right conduct, or the rules or standards governing the condect of a person or the members of a profession
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ethics
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instructions that tell the computer what to do
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programs
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also called the microprocessor, handles all calculations, and controlls how fast data flows through the system
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central processing unit
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is temporary storage used for current programs and data
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random access memory (RAM)
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very high speed ram is used to store recently used data and program instructions
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cache memory
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retains memory when the computer is off
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read only memory
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electrical pathway within a computer taht connects componets
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bus
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millions of cycles per second
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megahertz
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billions of cycles persecond
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gigahertz
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users can interact with the computer by manipulating icons and choosing items with a mouse
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graphical user interface
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bits are what forms characters and indiviual pieces of data
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fields
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fields that are grouped together for a specific purpose
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records
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is a field or group that uniquely id and individual record
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primary key
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software that creates and manipulates databases
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database managment system
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model where each record can be linked to any other record
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network model
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a field in one table that is a primary key in another
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forign key
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shows how data are grouped together and related
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conceptual model
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person places or things we want to store info about
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entity
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specific piece of data about an entity
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attribute
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describes the structure of a database
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physical model
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