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Management Information Systems
Chapter 6
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Computer Science
Undergraduate 3
10/01/2007

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Term
Analog
Definition
Refers to the method used to convert information into an electrical signal

A computer that operates on data by measuring changes in continuous physical variables such as voltage, resistance, and rotation. Contrast with Digital Computer.
Term
Bandwidth
Definition
communication speed and capacity of telecommunication networks.
Term
BlueTooth
Definition
Short Range Wireless Technology that is rapidly being built into computers and other devices
It operates at about 1 MB per second and has an effective range of 100 meters
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Client / Server Networks
Definition
The predominant information architecture of enterprise-wide computing.

End user PC clients are interconnected by servers
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Communication satellites
Definition
use microwave radio as their telecommunications medium.
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Digital
Definition
A computer that operates on digital data by performing arithmetic and logical operations on the data. Contrast with Analog Computer.
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Extranets
Definition
Network links that use internet technologies that connect to the Intranet of a business with the intranets' with its customers suppliers and other business partners
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Fiber Optics
Definition
Cables consisting of one or more hair thin filaments of glass fiber wrapped in a protective jacket
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ISP Internet Service Provider
Definition
A company that provides access to the internet to individuals and organizations.
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Intranet
Definition
the network inside an organization that uses internet technologies (such as web browsers, servers, TCP/IP, network proocols, html, hypermedia document publishing, and databases,) to provide an internet like environment within the enterprise for information sharing, collaboration, and the support of business processes
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Legacy Systems
Definition
The older, traditional, mainframe-based business information systems of an organization.
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LAN
Definition
Local Area Network
A communications network that typically connects computers, terminals, and other computerized devices within a limited physical area such as an office, building, manufacturing plant, or other worksite.
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Network
Definition
An interconnected system of computers, terminals, and communications channels and devices.
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Open System
Definition
Information systems that use common standards for hardware, software, applications, networking.
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Telecommunications
Definition
exchange of any information of any form over networks
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VOIP
Definition
Voice over internet protocol

Technology allows a person to function as if he/she were directly connected to a regular telephone network.
Term
Wide Area Network
Definition
Telecommunications networks covering a large geographical area WAN
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Wireless LAN
Definition
Using radio or infrared transmissions to link devices in a local area network.
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