Use of the Internet and other electronic means for retailer and B2B transactions
What is e-commerce?
100
Principle in which companies produce in large volumes but each item has unique options the customer prefers
What is mass customization?
100
Gigantic system of interconnected computer networks linked together by voice, electronic and wireless technologies
What is the Internet?
100
An organization's private network of internally linked websites accessible only to employees
What is an intranet?
100
System that allows outsiders limited access to a firm's internal information network
What is an extranet?
200
Branch of the Internet consisting of interlinked hypertext documents or Web pages
What is the World Wide Web?
200
Technology using a wireless local area network
What is Wi-Fi?
200
Computers that are linked in a small area, such as all of a firm's computers within a single building
What is a local area network (LAN)?
200
Computers linked over long distances through telephone lines, microwave signals or satellite communications
What is a wide area network (WAN)?
200
Physical components of a computer network
What is hardware?
300
Programs that tell a computer how to function, what resources to use and how to use them, and application programs for specific activities
What is software?
300
The application of electronic technologies for searching, sifting, and reorganizing pools of data to uncover useful information
What is data mining?
300
Raw facts and figures
What is data?
300
The meaningful, useful interpretation of data
What is information?
300
Software that aids in the design of products by simulating them and displaying them in 3D
What is computer-aided design (CAD)?
400
Cybercriminals who gain unauthorized access to a computer or network
What are hackers?
400
Unauthorized use of personal information to get loans, credit cards or other monetary benefits by impersonating the victim
What is identity theft?
400
Programs unknowingly downloaded that monitor a person's computer activities, gathering information and transmitting it to someone outside the host system
What is spyware?
400
Security system with special software or hardware devices designed to keep computers safe from hackers
What is a firewall?
400
The use of computers to design and control equipment in a manufacturing equipment
What is computer-aided manufacturing (CAM)?
500
The collection, storage and retrieval of data in electronic files
What is data warehousing?
500
System that uses IT resources to convert data into information and collect, process and transmit that information for use in decision making
What is an information system (IS)?
500
Computer system that supports managers by providing information that can be used for making decisions
What is a management information system (MIS)?
500
Interactive system that creates virtual business models and tests them with data to see how they respond