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| Secure Socket Layer (SSL) |
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| A communications protocol that is used to secure sensitive data during e-commerce |
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| A description of the entire database |
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| A computer designed for a specific task, such a network or Internet applications |
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| A credit card-sized device with an embedded microchip to provide electronic memory and processing capability |
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| Using social skills to get computer users to provide information to access an information system or its data |
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| TPS (transaction processing system) |
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| an organized collection of people, procedures, software, databases, and devices used to record completed business transactions |
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| A malicious program that disguises itself as a useful application or game and purposefully does something the user does not expet |
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| The process by which VPNs transfer information by encapsulating traffic in IP packets over the Internet |
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| URL (Uniform Resource Locator) |
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| An assigned address on the Internet for each computer |
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| A computer program file capable of attaching to disks or other files and replicating itself repeatedly, typically without the user's knowledge or permission |
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| The hardware and software that permit computers to capture, store, and manipulate visual images |
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| VPN (virtual private network) |
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| A secure connection between two points on the Internet |
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| A parasitic computer program that can create copies of itself on the infected computer or send copies to other computers via a network |
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| ESS (executive support system) |
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| Specialized DSS that includes all hardware, software, data, procedures, and people used to assist senior-level executives within the organization |
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| DBMS (database management system) |
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| A group of programs that manipulate the database and provide an interface between the database and the user of the database and other application programs |
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| MIS (management information system) |
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| An organized collection of people, procedures, software, databases, and devices that provides routine information to managers and decision makers. |
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| API (application program interface) |
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| Interface that allows applications to make use of the operating system. |
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| A characteristic of an entity |
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| A form of data processing where business transactions are accumulated over a period of time and prepared for processing as a single unit or batch |
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| The process of gathering enough of the right information in a timely manner and usable form and analyzing it to have a positive impact on business strategy, tactics, or operations |
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| command-based user interface |
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| A user interface that requires you to give text commands to the computer to perform basic activities |
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| Processing alternative in which processing occurs at a single location or facility |
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| Processing alternative in which computers are placed at remote locations but are connected to each other via a network |
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| A way to route communications between network nodes (computers or other devices) by allowing for continuous connections and reconfiguration around blocked paths by "hopping" from node to node until a connection can be established |
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| The simultaneous execution of the same task on multiple processors in order to obtain results faster |
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| A small program hidden in a network or a computer system that records identification numbers and passwords |
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| computer-assisted manufacturing (CAM) |
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| A system that directly controls manufacturing equipment |
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| computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM) |
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| Using computer to link the components of the production process into an effective system |
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| A subset of a data warehouse |
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| An information-analysis tool that involves the automated discovery of patterns and relationships in a data warehouse |
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| A diagram of data entities and their relationships |
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| A database that collects business information from many sources in the enterprise, covering all aspects of the company's processes, products, and customers |
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| DDL (data definition language) |
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| A collection of instructions and commands used to define and describe data and relationships in a specific database |
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| A decision-making approach in which group decision makers are geographically dispersed; encourages diversity among group members and fosters creativity and original thinking in decision making |
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| A report developed to give certain information at someone's request. |
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| The person or group who has the expertise or knowledge the expert system is trying to capture |
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| A report providing increasingly detailed data about a situation |
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| Hardware and software that stores knowledge and makes inferences, similar to a human expert |
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| A system central to the organization that ensures information can be shared across all business functions and all levels of management to support the running and management of a business |
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| entity-relationship (ER) diagrams |
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| Data models that use basic graphical symbols to show the organization of and relationships between data |
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| A report automatically produced when a situation is unusual or requires management attention |
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| A network based on Web technologies that links selected resources of a company's internet with its customers, suppliers, or other business partners |
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| The process of starting with the facts and working to conclusions |
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| The process of starting with conclusions and working to the supporting facts |
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| An approach to solving large, complex problems in which a number of related operations or models change and evolve until the best one emerges |
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| A decision making approach that forces members in the group to reach a unanimous decision |
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| Commonly accepted guidelines or procedures that usually find a good solution |
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| Part of an expert system that seeks information and relationships from the knowledge base and provides answers, predictions, and suggestions similar to the way a human expert would |
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| Programs and a knowledge base sued to perform a specific task for a person, a process, or another program; aka 'intelligent robot' or 'bot' |
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| A communication standard that enables traffic to be routed from one network to another as needed |
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| A communication standard that enables traffic to be routed from one network to another as needed |
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| A summary of the previous day's critical activities; typically available at the beginning of each workday |
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| A person who has training or experience in the design, development, implementation, and maintenance of an expert system |
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| Part of a DSS that provides decision makers access to a variety of models and assists them in decision making |
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| A decision making approach that encourages feedback from individual group members, and the final decision made by voting, similar to public elections |
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| OLAP (online analytical processing) |
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| Software that allows users to explore data from a number of perspectives |
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| The web as a computing platform that supports software applications and the sharing of information between users |
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| RAID (redundant array of independent/inexpensive disks) |
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| Method of storing data that generates extra bits of data from existing data, allowing the system to create a "reconstruction map" so that if a hard drive fails, the system can rebuild lost data. |
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| A collection of related data fields |
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| A form of data mining that combines historical data with assumptions about future conditions to predict outcomes of events, such as future product sales or the probability that a customer with default on a loan |
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