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business model
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a method by which a company generates revenue to sustain itself
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business pressures
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forces in the organization's environment, such as global comptetition, that create pressures on the orgationation's operations; also caled drivers
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computer-based information system (CBIS)
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information system that includes a computer for some or all of its operation
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critical response activities
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the major activities used by organizations to counter business pressures
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digital economy
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another name for today's web-based, or Internet, economy
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ethics
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a branch of philosophy that deals with what is considered to be right or wrong
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information superhighway
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a national information infrastructure to interconnect computer users; now usually simply called the Internet
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information system (IS)
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a physical process that supports an organization by collecting, processing, storing, and analyzing data, and disseminating information to achieve orgainzational goals
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information technology (IT)
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the technology component of an information system (a narrow definition); or the collection of the computing systems in an organization (the broad definition used in the book)
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Metcalfe's Law
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maxim that states that the value of a network grows roughly in line with the square of the number of its users
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Moore's Law
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the expectation that the power of a microprocessor will double every 18 months, while the cost stays at the same level
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network storage device
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storage devices that are attached to the corporate network (usually intranets) and that can be accessed from network applications throughout the enterprise for data sharing
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networked computing
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a corporate information infrastructure that provides the necessary networks for distributed computing. Users can easily contact each other or databases and communicate with external entities
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object technology
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technology that enables development of self-contained units of software that can be shared, purchased, and/or reused; includes object-oriented programming, object-oriented databases, and other object-oriented-based components and activities
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