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Refers to any computer-based tool that people use to work with information and to support the information-processing needs of an organization.
Information Technology
The integration and interdependence of economic, social, cultural, and ecological facets of life, made possible by rapid advances in IT
Globalization
3 characteristics of big data
Volume, Velocity, Variety
Miniature computers that people wear under, with, or on top of their clothing
Wearable Computers
Software made available in source-code form at no cost to developers
open-source software
Collects, process, stores analyzes, and disseminates information for a specific purpose
Information system
A product or service feature that customers have learned to expect from organizations in a certain industry
Data Hierarchy
Bit, Byte, Field, Record, File, Database
IT that use software to provide a realistic, three-dimensional, computer-generated environment that replicates sight, touch, hearing and in some cases smell.
VR
the class of computer instructions that directs a computer system to perform specific processing activities and provide functionality for users.
Application Software
Consists of data and/or information that have been organized and processed to convey understanding
Knowledge
A sequence of activities through which the organization's inputs, whatever they are, are transformed into more valuable, outputs, whatever they are.
Value Chain
1 and or 0
Bit
Microprocessors complexity would double approximately every two years
Moore's Law
Process of writing coding software programs
Programing
Executive who is in charge of IS functions
CIO
The gap between those who have access to information and communications technology and those who don't.
Digital Divide
Any person, place, thing, or event of interest to a user
Entity
Approximately 1,000 terabytes
Petabyte
Software
Money listed this job as number 1 in "best jobs in America for 2016"
Software engineer
Collection of related activities that create a product or a service of value to the organization, its business partners, and its customers.
Business Process
A collection of data so large and complex that it is difficult to manage using traditional database management systems
Big Data
Memory capacity order
KB, MB, GB, TB, PB, EB, ZB
The main control program, which supervises the overall operations of the computer, allocates CPU time and main memory to programs , and provides an interface between the user and the hardware
Operating System