Mis Exam 1

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a given or fact. can be a number, statement, or picture.

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Data

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facts or conclusions that have meaning within context. composed of data that is manipulated.

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Information

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no connections with other systems

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closed system

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interfaces and interacts with other systems. Often a subsystem of a bigger system.

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open system

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combining resources to produce greater output.

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synergy

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a business event, usually entered as input

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transaction

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designs and updates information systems, involves analyzing system requirements, documenting development efforts, and providing specifications for programmers.

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systems analyst

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responsible for databases

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database administrator

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enters the market later than other competitors

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late mover

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failure occurring because of company trying to be on leading edge.

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bleeding edge

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incurred when customers stop buying from company and starts buying from another company

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switching costs

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organization that is first to offer a new product or service

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first mover

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eliminating and rebuilding operations from the group up. involves new machinery and elimination of management layers.

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reengineering

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the degree to which a goal is achieved

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effectiveness

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the relationship between resources expended and benefits gained in achieving a goal

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efficiency

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group meeting and collaborating to generate ideas

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brainstorming

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time between generating an idea for product and completing a prototype

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time to market

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efficiency of human resources

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productivity

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allows recording of information about product

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radio frequency identification (RFID)

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build several technologies into single piece of hardware

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technology convergence

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standard keyboard

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QWERTY

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facilitates faster typing

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Dvorak

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detects magnetic ink on checks

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magnetic-Ink character recognition (meeker)

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data is organized one record after another. slow and less convenient.

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sequential storage

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records are organized by physical address on the device

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direct access

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redundant array of independent disks

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RAID

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series of instructions to execute processes

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software

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language hardware understands. 0's and 1's

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machine language

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locating and fixing program errors

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debugging

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code produced by web programming language

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applet

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program as originally written

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source code

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program in machine language

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object code

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enables us to control device

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driver

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sold for profit. private code. developer retains rights to software.

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proprietary software