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| Recorded facts and statistics. |
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| Useful knowledge, extracted from data. |
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| A deep level of understanding about a particular subject or situation. |
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| Computerized files that collect, sort, and cross reference data. |
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| A method of extracting previously unknown relationships among individual data points in a database. |
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| Chief Information Officer (CIO) |
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| A high-level executive responsible for understanding the company’s information needs and creating systems and procedures to deliver that information to the right people at the right time. |
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| Short for electronic commerce, which refers to marketing and selling products over the internet. |
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| Business-To-Business E-Commerce |
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| E-commerce between a company and consumers; often referred to as B2C. |
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| Business-To-Business E-Commerce |
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| E-commerce between companies; often referred to as B2B. |
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| Consumer-To-Consumer E-Commerce |
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| E-commerce between consumers; often referred to as C2C . |
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| Mobile Commerce (M-Commerce) |
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| E-commerce that uses wireless Internet access and wireless handheld devices. |
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| Personal Digital Assistance (PDAs) |
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| Handheld computers; some smartphones now have PDA capabilities as well. |
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| Working at home while staying connected to the office via electronic networking. |
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| Real-time text conversations between computers; IM is similar in concept to text messaging on cell phones, but it’s a more powerful and more flexible technology. |
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| Websites that are accessible by employees only |
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| Websites that are similar to intranets but also allow access by trusted outside business partners |
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| Web-based logs or journals. |
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| Internet Telephone Service |
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| Telephone service that converts voice to digital data for transmission across the internet; also known as internet telephony or VoIP. |
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| Web-based research tools that identify individual webpages containing specific words or phrases. |
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| Categorized lists of suggested websites on specific topics. |
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| Online tools that format search requests for the specific requirements of multiple search engines. |
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| Taking advantage of information technology, particularly the Internet, across all major business functions. |
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| A collective label for all technologies and processes used to manage business information; many organizations now refer to this as information technology (IT). |
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| Information Technology (IT) |
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| A generally accepted substituted term for information systems. |
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| Management Information System (MIS) |
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| A system that provides managers with information and support for making routine decisions; sometimes used to describe information systems in general. |
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| The ability of computers to solve problems through reasoning and learning and to simulate human sensory perceptions. |
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| The tangible equipment used in information systems. |
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| The programmed instructions that direct that direct the activity of the hardware; the intangible part of information systems. |
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| A collection of specialized hardware and software that links computers together to share data and information. |
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| A network that connects computers within a limited local range, such as within a single department or single building. |
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| A network of networks that spans the entire globe . |
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| Internet Service Providers (ISPs) |
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| Companies that provide access to the internet through dial-up, DSL, cable, or wireless networking. |
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| A term applied to higher speed network connections. |
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| A wireless alternative for LANs; short for wireless fidelity. |
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| Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) |
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| A wireless tracking technology based on small tags that combine a memory chip with a tiny antenna. |
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| Short for malicious software; an umbrella term for illicit software with destructive, invasive, or criminal intent. |
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| Invasive computer programs that reproduce by infecting legitimate programs. |
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| Malware that sneaks onto computers with the intent of capturing passwords, credit card numbers, and other valuable information. |
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| A wide range of creative outputs with commercial value, such as design ideas, manufacturing processes, brands, and chemical formulas. |
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