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Management Information Systems
Chapter 4
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Computer Science
Undergraduate 3
10/01/2007

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CASE tools
Definition
Computer Aided Software Engineering... Support Tools
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Application Service Provider
Definition
Companies that own operate and maintain application software
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Custom Software
Definition
Software applications developed within an organization for use by that organizations.
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COTS Software
Definition
Commercial Off the Shelf Software. Developed with the intention of selling the software in multiple copies
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Desktop Publishing
Definition
DTP can be used to produce and publish an organization's materials. So that they look professionally published
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E-mail
Definition
Sending and receiving text messages between networked PCs over telecommunications networks. E-mail can also include data files, software, and multimedia messages and documents as attachments.
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Groupware
Definition
Software that helps work groups and teams collaborate to accomplish group assignments
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HTML
Definition
Hyper Text Markup Language: It is a page description language that creates hypertext or hyper media documents.
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Instant Messaging
Definition
Email/ computer conferencing hybrid technology that is the standard of electronic messaging.
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JAVA
Definition
Object oriented programing language. That is revolutionizing applications for the world wide web.
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Operating System OS
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An integrated system of programs that manages the operations of a CPU, controls the input / output and storage resources and activities of the computer system and, and provides various support systems as the computer executes the application of the users.
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Software Suites
Definition
Software bundled together.. such as Microsoft office
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Spreadsheet Package
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IE.. MS excel. are used by virtually every business for analyzing, planning and modeling.
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System Software
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System software consist of programs that manage and support a computer system and its information processing activities.
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Web Browser
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The most important software component for many computer users today, IE IE. Mozilla Firefox
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Web Services
Definition
Software components that are based on a framework and web and object-oriented standards and technologies for using the web to electronically link the application s of different users and different computing platforms
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Word Processing Software
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MS Word. DUH.
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