Terminology
The equipment and technologies used to manage and process information.
What is information technology (IT)?
MIS
What is a Management Information System?
2 or more computer systems linked together; sharing information.
What is a computer network?
Raw, unprocessed facts and figures
What is data?
Sent by users or software between computer systems; can't self-replicate
What is a virus?
The methods and equipment that provide information about all aspects of a firm's operations.
What is management information systems (MIS)?
TPS
What is a Transaction Processing System?
Networked computers at one site.
What is a Local Area Network (LAN)?
Processed data that is meaningful to the user.
What is information?
Replicates and spreads from one computer to another computer.
What is a worm?
An executive with responsibility for managing all information resources in an organization.
Who is the Chief Information Officer (CIO)?
DSS
What is a Decision Support System?
Networked computers between multiple sites.
What is a Wide Area Network (WAN)?
Electronic filing system that collects and organizes data.
What is a database?
Appears to be from a legitimate source; tricks users into installing it
What is a trojan horse?
Large machines about the size of a refrigerator; can simultaneously run many different programs and support hundreds or thousands of users.
What is a mainframe computer?
EIS
What is an Executive Information System?
Private corporate network connected over a public network.
What is a Virtual Private Network (VPN?
Software used to retrieve data in a database.
What is a database management system (DBMS)?
Using software without a license.
What is piracy?
Most powerful computers, now capable of operating at speeds of 280 trillion calculations per second.
What are supercomputers?
KM
What is knowledge management?
Intranet allowing limited access to a select group of suppliers/customers
What is an extranet?
Subset of a data warehouse
What is a data mart?
unauthorized access to computer data, applications, networks or devices