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| Ubiquity (relating to e-commerce) |
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| The availability of the Internet everywhere and anytime |
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| The act of engaging consumers in dialog that dynamically adjust the experience to the individual |
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| Selling the same goods to different targeted groups at different prices |
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| exists when one party in a transaction has more information that is important for the transaction than the other party |
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| Compared to digital markets |
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| traditional markets have higher transaction costs |
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| large numbers of people can make better decisions about a wide range of topics or products than a single person or even a small committee of experts |
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| Varying a product's price according to the supply situation |
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| revenue model of website in which a fee is charged for acess to some or all of the site's offerings |
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| Process that developes a detailed description of the functions that a new information system must preform |
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| user information requiments |
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| The entire system-building effort is driven by |
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| provides the final certification that the system is ready to be used in a production setting |
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| Parallel Conversion Strategy |
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| the new system and the old are ran together |
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| he application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to achieve specific targets within specified budget and time constraints |
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| Return on investd capital |
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| the worth of systems from a financial perspective essentially revolves around the question of |
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| Implementing a prototyping methodology for a small web-based design (order of steps) |
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| Identify user requirements, develop the prototype, user test the prototype, revise and enhnce the prototype, implement for usage |
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| the use of computers to combine data from multiple sources and create electronic dossier of detailed infomation on individuals |
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| the process in law-goverened societies in chich laws are known and understood and there is an ability to appeal to higher authorities to ensuer that the law are applied correctly |
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| legal mechanism protecting the owners of intellectual property from having thier work copied |
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| large disparitie in access to computer and the internet among different social groups and different locations |
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| Accepting the potential costs, duties, and obligations for the decisions you make |
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| the most common source of business system failure |
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| were cookies (from websites) are stored |
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| in general, for digital goods, the marginal cost of producing anothe unit is about zero |
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| Intellectual property refers to all forms of human expression, both tangible and intangible |
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| An information systems plan shows how specific information systems fit into a company's overall business plan and strategy |
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| end users should not be included in the design process, but must be involved later |
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| Thoough testing is not required if, during the programming stage, the desing doccuments are sufficiently detailed |
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| the right to be left alon when you want to be, without surveillance or interference from other individuals or organizations |
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| software that comes hidden in downloaded applications and can track your online movements |
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| the legal protectionafforded intellectual property, such as song, book, or video |
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