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| raw facts and figures that may or may not be relevent to a business decision |
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| knowledge gained from processing data |
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| oranized method for collecting, storing, and communicating past, present and projected information on internal operations and external intelligence |
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Chief Information Officer
(CIO) |
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| executive responsible for managing a firm's information system and related computer technologies |
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| Computer based information systems |
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| information systems that rely on computer and related technologies to store information electronically in an organized, accessible manner |
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| centralized integrated collection of data resources |
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| Operational Support Systems |
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| information systems designed to produce a variety of information on an organization's activities for both internal and external users |
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| Transaction Processing Systems |
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| operational support system to record and process data from business transactions |
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| operational support system to moniter and control physical processes |
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Management Support Systems
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| information systems that are designed to provide support for effective decision making |
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| Management Information Systems |
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| information system that is designed to produce reports to managers and other professionals |
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| gives direct support to business people during the decision making process |
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Executive Support System
(ESS)
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| lets senior executives acces the firm's primary databases, often by touching the computer screen, pointing and clicking the mouse, or using voice recognition |
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| computer program that imitates human thinking through complicated sets if "if-then" rules |
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| all tangible elements of a computer system |
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| the heart of a midrange computer network |
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| all the programs, routines and computer languages that control and coputer and tell it how to operate |
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local area networks
(LAN) |
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| computer networks that connect machines within limited areas, such a building or several nearby buildings |
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| tie larger geographical regions together by using telephone lines and microwave and satellite transmission |
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| wireless network that connects various devices and allows them to communicate with one another through radio waves |
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| computer network that is similar to the internet but limits access to authorized users |
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| limit data transfers to certain locations and log system use so that managers can identify attempts to log in with invalid passwords and other threats to the system's security |
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| secure connections between two points on the internet |
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