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| A set of interrelated components that collect, manipulate, store, and disseminate data and information and provide a feedback mechanism to meet an objective |
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| A collection of facts organized in such a way that they have additional value beyond the value of the individual facts |
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| A set of logically related tasks performed to achieve a defined outcome |
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| The awareness and understanding of a set of information and ways that information can be made useful to support a specific task or reach a decision |
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| A set of elements or components that interact to accomplish goals |
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| A measure of the extent to which a system achieves its goals |
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| System Performance Standard |
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| A specific objective of the system |
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| The activity of gathering and capturing raw data |
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| Converting or transforming data into useful outputs |
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| Production of useful information, usually in the form of documents and reports |
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| Output that is used to make changes to input or processing activities |
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| Predicting future events to avoid problems |
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| Computer Based Information System (CBIS) |
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| A single set of hardware, software, databases, telecommunications, preople, and procedures that are configured to collect, manipulate, store, and process data into information |
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| Technology Infrastructure |
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| ALL the hardware, software, databases, telecommunications, people, and procedures that are configured to collect, manipulate, store, and process data into information |
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| Computer equipment used to perform input, processing, and output activities |
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| An organized collection of facts and information |
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| The electronic transmission of signals for communications which enables organizations to carry out their processes and tasks though effective computer networks |
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| Computers and equipment that are connected in a building, around the country or around the world to enable electronic communications |
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| The world's largest computer network consisting of thousands of interconnected networks all freely exchanging information |
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| An internal network based on Web technologies that allows people within an organization to exchange information and work on projects |
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| A network based on Web technologies that allows selected outsiders, such as business partners and customers, to access authorized resources of a company's intranet |
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| The strategies, policies, methods, and rules ofr using a CBIS |
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| Any business transaction executed electronically between companies |
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Mobile Commerce
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| Transactions conducted anywhere any time |
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Electronic Business
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| Using information systems and the Internet to preform all business related tasks and functions |
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| Any business related exchange ex. Payment to employees, sales to customer, and payments to suppliers |
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| Transaction Processing System (TPS) |
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| An organized collection of people, procedures, software, databases, and devices used to record completed business transactions |
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| Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System |
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| A set of integrated programs capable of managing a company's vital business operations for an entire multisite, global organization |
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| Management Information System (MIS) |
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| An organized collection of people, procedures, software, databases, and devices that provides routine information to managers and decision makers |
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| Decision Support System (DDS) |
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| An organized collection of people, procedures, software, databases, and devices used to support problem specific decision making |
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| A field in which the computer system takes on the characteristics of human intelligence |
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| A system that gives a computer the ability to make suggestions and function like an expert in a particular field |
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| The collection of data, rules, procedures, and relationships that must be followed to achieve value or the proper outcome |
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| Te simulation of a real or imagined environment that can be experienced visually in three dimensions |
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| The activity of creating or modifying business systems |
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| Knowledge of computer systems and equipment and the ways they function |
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| Information Systems Literacy |
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| Knowledge of how data and information are used by individuals, groups, and organizations |
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