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Bus Mgmt Info Sys
Test 2 Chap 3 & 4
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Business
Undergraduate 3
10/13/2010

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Term
Online Transaction Processing (OLTP)
Definition
gathering input information, processing it and then using it to update existing data
Term
Database and DBMS, referred to as ___________, are used to support ___________.
Definition
OPERATIONAL DATABASES;
OLTP (Online Transaction Processing)
Term
Online Analytical Processing (OLAP)
Definition
Manipulation of data to support decision making.
Term
________ ________ are used to support decision making.
Definition
Data Warehouses
Term
The information contained in a Data Warehouse comes from ________ databases.
Definition
Operational
Term
What type of Online Processing would be used for this question, "What new advertising strategies are needed to reach customers who can afford this expensive product?"
Definition
OLAP (You would need to gather information into a Data Warehouse using information from multiple Databases.
Term
A _______ is a collection of information that you organize and access according to the logical structure of that information.
Definition
database
Term
A ___________ database uses a series of of logically related, two-dimensional tables or files to store information in the form of a database.
Definition
relational
Term
The term ________ describes each two-dimensional table or file in the relational model.
Definition
Term
What are the two parts of a relational database?
Definition
1) The information itself, stored in two-dimensional tables/files/relations.
2) The Logical Structure of the info
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