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Management Information Systems
Vocab chapter 1-6
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Management
Undergraduate 2
03/05/2013

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Abstract Reasoning
Definition
The abilitiy to make and manipulate models
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Collaboration
Definition
the activity of two or more people working together to achieve a common goal, result, or work product
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Five-Component Framework
Definition
Hardware - Sofware - Data - Procedures - People
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Information Systems (IS)
Definition
An assembly of hardware, software, data, procedures, and people
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Information Techonology (IT)
Definition
The products, methods, inventions, and standards that are used for the purpose of producing information
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Management Information Systems (MIS)
Definition
the development and use of information systems that help businesses achieve their goals and objectives
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Moore's Law
Definition
says that cost of data communication and data storage is essentially zero
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System
Definition
a group of components that interact to achieve some purpose
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Systems Thinking
Definition
the ability to model the components of the system, to connect the inputs and outputs among those components into a sensible whole that reflects the structure and dynamics of the phenomenon observed.
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Accurate Information
Definition
based on correct and complete data, and has been processed correctly as expected
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Activities
Definition
collections of related tasks that receive inputs and process those inputs to produce outputs
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Business Process
Definition
a network of activities, roles, resources, repositories, and data flows that interact to accomplish a business function.
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Data Flow
Definition
the movement of a data item from one activity to another activity or to a repository
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Decisions
Definition
questions that can be answered yes or no
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Information
Definition
knowledge derived from data, where data is defined as recoreded facts or figures
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Just barely sufficient information
Definition
sufficient for the purpose for which is generated, no more no less
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Relevant Information
Definition
directly pertains to both the context and to the subject it references
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Repository
Definition
a collection of business records
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Resources
Definition
people, facilities, or computer programs that are assigned to roles
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Roles
Definition
sets of procedures
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Timely Information
Definition
produced in time for its intended use
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Competitive Strategy
Definition
an alternative of differentiation, cost, industry wide, or focus
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Five-Forces Model
Definition
a model for determining the potential profitability of an industry
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Linkages
Definition
interactions across value
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Margin
Definition
the difference between the value that an activity generates and the cost of the activity
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Primary activities
Definition
business functions that relate directly to the production of the organization's products or services
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Support Activities
Definition
business functions that assist and facilitate the primary activities
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Switching Costs
Definition
when organizations can lock in customers by making it difficult or expensive to switch to another product
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Value
Definition
the amount of money that a customer is willing to pay for a resource, product, or service
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Value Chain
Definition
a network of value-creating activities
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Hardware
Definition
electronic components and related gadgetry that input, process, output, and store data according to instruction
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CPU (Central Processing Unit)
Definition
the brain of the computer
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Main Memory
Definition
circuitry for storing data and instructions that are acted upon by the CPU
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RAM
Definition
Random Access Memory
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Operating System (OS)
Definition
a program that controls the computer's resources
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Memory Swapping
Definition
the movement of programs and data into and out of memory
if a computer has insufficient memory for its workload, such swapping will degrade system performance
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Client
Definition
computers for word processing, spreadsheets, database access, etc.
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Servers
Definition
provide some service for client computers
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Thick-Client
Definition
an application program that must be preinstalled on the client
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Thin-Client
Definition
an application that runs within a browser and need not be preinstalled
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Database
Definition
a self-describing collection of integrated records
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Metadata
Definition
data that describes data
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Database Application System
Definition

an assembly of forms, reports, queries, and application programs that process a database

 

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Database Management Systems (DBMS)
Definition

a program used to create, process, and administer a databaes

 

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Database Application
Definition
a collection of forms, reports, queries, and application programs that process a database
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Network
Definition
Collection of integrated devices that communicate with one another over transmission lines or wirelessly
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Local Area Network (LAN)
Definition
connects computers that reside in a single geographic location on the premises of the company
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Wide Area Network (WAN)
Definition
connects computers at different geographic locations
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internet
Definition
a network of networks
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Switch
Definition
a special-purpose computer that receives and transmits wired traffic on the LAN
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Network Interface Card (NIC)
Definition
a device that connects the computer's or printer's circuitry to the network cables.
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Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) Cable
Definition
contains sets of wires that are twisted together to improve signal quality
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Optical Fiber Cables
Definition
signals with light rays, and are reflected inside the glass core
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Access Point
Definition
the component of the LAN device that processes wireless traffic and communicates with the wired switch
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IEEE 802.3 Protocol
Definition
Wired LAN Connections (Ethernet)
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IEEE 802.11 Protocol
Definition
wireless LAN connections
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Digital Subscriber Lines (DSL)
Definition

operates on the same lines as voice telephones, but their signals do not interfere with voice telephone service

 

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Asymmetrical DSL
Definition
DSL used in homes and small businesses because they download more than upload
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Symmetrical DSL
Definition
DSL used by larger businesses because they have the same speed for uploads and downloads
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IP Address
Definition
a number that identifies a particular device
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Public IP Adress
Definition
identifies a particular devie on the public internet
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Private IP Adress
Definition
identifies a particular device on a private network, usually on a LAN
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IPv4
Definition
IP address with four decimal dotted notation
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IPv6
Definition
long format IP Adress
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Form
Definition
used to read, insert, modify, and delete data
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Report
Definition
presentation of data in a structured, meaingful context
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Query
Definition
a request of data from a database
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Experimentation
Definition
making a reasoned analysis of an opportunity, envisioning potetial solutions, evaluating those possibilities, and developing the most promising ones
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