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| the ability to read and write |
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| GNU General Public License |
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| is a widely used free software license |
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| a set of attributes partially ordered with respect to their important |
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| A material substance (solid, liquid or gas) which can propagate energy waves. For example, the transmission medium for sound received by the ears is usually air, but solids and liquids may also act as transmission media for sound. |
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| The …. To maximizes efficiency. |
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| Information having considerable monetary worth; costing or bringing a high price. |
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| application service provider |
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| A company that provides both end user support and the computers on which to run the software from the user’s facilities |
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| A field in which the computer system takes on the characteristics of human intelligence |
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| Communication in which the receiver gets the message minutes, hours, or days after it is sent |
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| A characteristic of an entity |
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| Any business-related exchange such as payment to employees, sales to customers, or payment to suppliers |
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| An architecture in which multiple computers platforams are dedicated to special functions such as databased management, printing, communications, and program execution |
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| Consists of an inner conductor wire surrounded by installation, called the dielectric. The dielectric is surrounded by a conductive shield, which in turn covered by a layer of nonconductive insulation, called a jacket. |
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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 communications line that provides a constant connection between two points; no switching or dialing is needed, and the two devices are always connected. |
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| A database in which the data may be spread across several smaller databases connected via telecommunications system |
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| Digital subscriber line- a communications line that uses existing phone wires going into today’s homes and businesses to provide transmission speeds exceeding 500 Kbps at a cost of $20 or more per month |
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| is a measure of the extent to which a system achieves its goals. |
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| A measure of what is produced divided by what is consumed. |
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| enterprise sphere of influence |
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| sphere of influence that servers the needs of the firm in its interaction with it environment |
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| Generalized class of people, places, or things for which data is collected, stored, and maintained |
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| Consisting of many extremely thin strands of glass or plastic bound together in a sheathing, transmits signals with light beams. These high-intensity light beams are generated by lasers and are conducted along the transparent fibers. These fibers have thin coating ,called cladding, which effectively works like a mirror, preventing the light from leaking out of the fiber. |
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| An architecture in which the application and database reside on one host computer, and the user interacts with the application and data using a ‘dumb’ terminal |
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| A collection of facts organized in such a way that they have additional value beyond the value of the facts themselves |
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| Is an operating system developed under the GNU General Public License and its source code is freely available to everyone |
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| management information system |
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| An organized collection of people, procedures, software, databases, and devices used to provide routine information to managers and decision makers |
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| Is an abstraction or an approximation that is used to represent reality. |
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| A device that translated data from digital to analog and analog to digital |
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| A device that allows several telecommunications signals to be transmitted over a single communications medium at the same time |
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| network operating system NOS |
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| Systems software that controls the computer systems and devices on a network, and allows them to communicate with each other |
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| Open database connectivity. That ensure that software can be used with and ODBC-compliant database. |
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| Existing software program |
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| On-Line Analytical Processing |
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| software that allows users to explore data from a number of different perspective |
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| A set of computer programs that controls the computer hardware and acts as an interface with application programs. |
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| organizational change theory |
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| The responses that are necessary for profit and nonprofit organizations to plan for , implement, and handle change |
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| Adaptations to new conditions or alterations of organizational practices over time |
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| Organizational subunits and the way they are related to the overall organization |
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| software that enables users to improve their personal effectiveness, increasing the amount of work they can do and its quality. Personal effectiveness of an individual, the amount of work they can do and the quality thereof. |
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| A one-of-a-kind program for a specific application |
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| (process redesign) the radical redesign of business processes, organizational structures, information systems, and values of the organization to achieve a breakthrough in business results |
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| One measure of IS value that investigates the additional profits or benefits that are generated as a percentage of the investment in information system technology. |
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| the path a specific satellite takes as it revolves around another object. Geostationary satellite orbits the earth directly over the equator |
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| A description of the entire database |
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| A collection of single-application software packages in a bundle |
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| Communication in which the receiver gets the message instantaneously |
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| systems analysts and programmers |
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| Professional who specializes in analyzing and designing business systems |
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| technology acceptance model |
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| TAM a model that describes the factors that lead to higher levels of acceptance and usage of technology |
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| Measurement fo the total cost of owning computer equipment, including desktop computers, networks, and larger computers. |
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| A cable consisting of pairs of twisted wires. 2 kinds shielded and unshielded. |
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| Element of the operating system that allows individuals to access and command the computer system |
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| Programs used to merge and sort sets of data, keep track of computer jobs being run, compress data files before they are stored or transmitted over a network, and perform other important tasks |
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| Originally, the term referred to immersive virtual reality, which means the user becomes fully immersed in an artificial, three-dimensional world that is completely generated by a computer |
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