Data Concepts
The raw facts such as employee numbers and total hours worked that form the basis for analysis.
What is data?
The world’s largest computer network, consisting of interconnected networks freely exchanging information.
A system that supports daily business processes, recordkeeping, and reporting for an organization.
What is an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system?
A hacker motivated by financial gain, stealing identities and credit card information.
What is a cybercriminal?
This is the global network of interconnected devices that communicate without human intervention.
What is the Internet of Things (IoT)?
A collection of data organized and processed so that it has additional value beyond the individual facts.
What is information?
A network that enables internal communication and collaboration within an organization.
What is an intranet?
The use of data and quantitative analysis to support fact-based decision making.
What is business analytics?
This refers to the intimidation of governments or populations by disabling critical national infrastructure through IT.
What is cyberterrorism?
The use of mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets to conduct commercial transactions.
What is mobile commerce (m-commerce)?
This is the process of extracting, transforming, and loading data into a warehouse for analysis.
What is ETL (Extract, Transform, Load)?
A system that allows external partners to access internal company resources using web technologies.
What is an extranet?
This type of system manages structured interactions with employees, customers, and suppliers.
What is an enterprise IS?
This term describes the trend where consumer technology influences how business software is designed and delivered.
What is the consumerization of IT?
A cloud computing model where organizations access shared resources managed by a third-party service provider.
What is public cloud computing?
This database stores large amounts of historical data and supports management decision making.
What is a data warehouse?
This principle ensures that Internet service providers treat all data equally without discrimination.
What is net neutrality?
A wide range of applications, practices, and technologies for the extraction and analysis of data to improve decision making.
What is business intelligence (BI)?
The suppression or control of information published or accessed on the Internet by governments or organizations.
What is Internet censorship?
A set of connected machines that facilitate both machine-to-machine and people-to-machine communication.
What is the Internet of Everything (IoE)?
A person who uses data, business analytics, and quantitative methods to improve organizational decision-making.
What is a data scientist?
This concept refers to a network of physical objects embedded with sensors and processors that exchange data.
What is the Internet of Things (IoT)?
A set of systems that manages knowledge, improves collaboration, and supports decision-making in organizations.
What is a knowledge management system (KMS)?
(Daily Double): A hacker might use these online platforms to launch attacks, steal data, or disable services.
What are botnets or Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)?
This gap exists between individuals who have access to modern technology and those who do not.
What is the digital divide?