Complete List of Terms and Definitions for MIS 13

Terms Definitions
mshahara/mishahara salary/salaries
-ion go, come
byte 8 bits together
Knowledge Society New economy/Digital world
spamming indiscriminate distribution of email without the receiver's permission
Informating Doing things better (organizational learning)
Describe OFDM... Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing. each broadband channel is divided into many smaller sub-channels, and parts of the frame are transmitted in each sub-carrier. (data is sent redundantly across the sub-carriers)
e-business a broader definition of electronic commerce, including buying and selling of goods and services, and also servicing customers, collaborating with business partners, conduction e-learning, and conducting electronic transactions within an organization
Knowledge Workers professional employees such as financial and marketing analysts, engineers, lawyers, and accountants
global culture The development of common expectations, shared artifacts, and social norms among different cultures and peoples.
One form of multiprocessing uses ________ coprocessors
Better systems analysis and design practices will reduce: maintenance
threats to Microsoft market saturation
substitution
trap of success
B2C: Content Provider Distribute digital content: information and entertainment, over the Web
Typical revenue models: Subscription, Pay for download, Advertising
-Variations:
Syndication (e.g. web feeds using RSS standard)
Web aggregators (e.g., shopping.com)
System specifications Checking whether hardware and software work properly for end users.
Using a firewall to improve security focuses on what type of action? preventative
AI Shell The programming environment of an expert system.
Query Request for data to answer a question
programming the process of translating the system specifications prepared during the design stage into program code

Reverse Auction 
What type of auction is characterized by falling bid prices as vendors compete to offer a product or service to a potential buyer?
workflow control specifies ordering of tasks, processes for handling rejected changes and dealing with exceptions
- often not needed for one-time, ad hoc groups working on short-term project
17. Case-based Reasoning analyze individual cases; look for nearest similar case along many dimensions
A computer in a client/server environment that is responsible for running a DBMS to process SQL statements and perform database management tasks. Database Server
An ssessment of the development group's understanding of the possible target hardware, software, and operating enviroments, system, size, complexity, should be included as part of the: Techinical Feasability
Social media news release internet-based news releases with links to related material and interactive opportunities
IP Convergence Use of IP for transporting voice, video, fax and data traffic has allowed enterprises to make use of new forms of communication and collaboration as well as traditional forms of communication at much lower costs.
Mass Personalization Personalizing ads based on what people want
Risk management The process of proactive and ongoing identification analysis and response and risk factors
CCMS includes tools for... 1. Background job scheduling2. Workload distribution3. Printing and spooling services4. Database administration5. Performance monitoring
computer system platform the combination of a particular hardware configuration and system software package
programming language coding schemes used to write both systems and application software
What occurs when an organization can significantly impact its market share by being the first to market with a competitive advantage? First-mover advantage
Structured query language (SQL)   a standardized fourth-generation query language found in most DBMSs.
throughput # of bits/second that the bus can accomodate
Jim has documented a use case that describes the functionality of a system as “To compute gross pay, multiply the hours worked that are recorded on the time card from the time clock by the hourly rate that is recorded in the employee master file from th real
The Agile Alliance Manifesto Early and continuous delivery of valuable software will satisfy the customer
Changing requirements are welcome
Business people and developers work together
Projects need motivated individuals
Use self-organizing teams
Reflect on how to become more effective
Virtual private network(VPN) Intranets and extranets can use their network firewalls and other security features to establish secure Internet links within an enterprise or its trading partners.
Store-Value Card Either an elaborate smart card or a simple plastic card with a magnetic strip that records currency balance, such as a prepaid phone, copy, subway, bus card.
Open-Source Software Software for which the source code is freely available for use and/or modification
a field in which the computer system takes on the characteristics of human intelligence artificial intelligence
drill down the ability to move from summary data to lower and lower levels of detail
Forward Chaining The process of starting with the facts and working forward to the conclusions.
Because of its ability to handle ______ objects and ______ ______between distributed objects, the Web is emerging as the most popular means of information access on the Internet today multimedia; hypertext links
Manual system little work is done by computers and software. Most work done by accounts payable clerk
Systems development life cycle (SDLC) the overall process for developing information systems from planning and analysis through implementation and maintenance
Sales force automation (SFA) CRM systmes to support the day-to-day sales activbities of an organization
Name some primary benefits of implementing ERP systems Elimination of inefficient systems, easing adoption of improved work processes, improving access to data for operational decision making
Is CSMA/CA+ACK reliable? YES, because when a host receives a frame from an access point it immediately sends an acknowledgment frame, a frame that is not acknowledged is retransmitted
What are tangible costs and benefits? Costs: Computer hardware, software licensing fees, IT department personnel, WAN and ISP communication fees.
Benefit: labor savings, material savings, service cost savings
Characteristics of complex adaptive systems theory (CAS): o Contain a large number of elementso No one element understands the entire systemo Have rich interaction o Operate in an open system, one of many
What are the 6 hardware components? 1. Central Processing Unit (CPU)
2. Primary Storage
3. Secondary Storage
4. Input Devices
5. Output devices
6. Communication Devices
What is site to site VPN? these VPNs connect all conversations between sites
Object-Oriented Analysis and Design (OOAD) Similar to SDLA approaches except that it relies on the tight coupling between data and methods and between the conceptual design of a system and its actual implementation.
XHTML (Extensible Hypertext Markup Language) Hybrid of HTML and XML that prvides more flexibility than HTML.
Why do students need to study information technology? nformation technology is everywhere in business
What type of analysis needs to be done when implementing an ERP system? Proper business analysis (successful companies spend up to 10 percent of the project budget on a business analysis
Control

Choosing an ERP System – Selection Factors 		Control refers to where the power lies related to computing and decision support systems (centralized vs. decentralized) in selecting systems, developing policies and procedures, etc. (who will decide?)
What 802.11 standard has the largest market share today? 802.11g which operates in the 2.4 GHz unlicensed band, has a rated speed of 54 MBps, and uses OFDM (which now isn't that much more than DSSS)
If a use case becomes too complex, it should be _____. decomposed into a set of use cases