Business Essentials 10th Edition -Ebert|Griffin- Chapter 14 Vocab – Flashcards
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Information Technology (IT)
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various appliances and devices for creating, storing, exchanging, and using information in diverse modes, including visual images, voice, multimedia, and business data.
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E-Commerce
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Use of the internet and other electronic means for retailing and business-to-business transactions
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Mass Customization
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Principle in which companies produce in large volumes, but each item features the unique options the customer prefers.
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Internet
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Gigantic system of interconnected computer networks linked together by voice, electronic, and wireless technologies
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Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
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Communications protocol used for the WWW, in which related pieces of information on separate Web pages are connected using hyperlinks
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World Wide Web
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Branch of the Internet consisting of interlinked hyper-text documents, or Web pages
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Intranet
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Organization's private network of internally linked websites accessible only to employees
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Extranet
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System that allows outsiders limited access to a firm's internal information network
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Electronic Conferencing
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IT that allows groups of people to communicate simultaneously from various locations via e-mail, phone, or video
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VSAT Satellite Communications
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network of geographically dispersed transmitter-receivers (transceivers) that send signals to and receive signals from a satellite, enhancing voice, video, and data transmissions
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Computer Network
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group of two or more computers linked together by some form of cabling or by wireless technology to share data or resources, such as a printer
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Client-Server Network
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common business network in which clients make requests for information or resources and servers provide the services
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Wide Area Network (WAN)
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computers that are linked over long distances through telephone lines, microwave signals, or satellite communications
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Local Area Network (LAN)
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computers that are linked in a small area, such as all for a firms computers within a single building
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Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN)
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network that uses airborne electronic signals instead of wires to link computers and electronic devices over long distances
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Wi-Fi
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Technology using a wireless local area network
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Wireless Local Area Network (Wireless LAN or WLAN)
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local area network with wireless access points for PC users
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Super Wi-Fi Network
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A powerful Wi-Fo network with extensive reach and strong signals that flow freely through physical objects such as walls
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Hardware
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physical components of a computer network, such as keyboards, monitors, system units, and printers
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Software
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Programs that tell the computer how to function, what resources to use, how to use them, and application programs for specific activities
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Information System (IS)
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System that uses IT resources to convert data into information and to collect, process, and transmit that information for use in decision making
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Data
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Raw facts and figures that, by themselves, may not have much meaning
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Information
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meaningful, useful interpretation of data
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Information Systems Managers
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managers who are responsible for the systems used for gathering, organizing, and distributing information
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Data warehousing
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the collection, storage, and retrieval of data in electronic files
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Data Mining
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application of electronic technologies for searching, sifting, and reorganizing pools of data to uncover useful information
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Knowledge Information System
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Information system that supports knowledge workers by providing resources to create, store, use, and transmit net knowledge for useful applications
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Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
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IS with software that helps knowledge workers design products by simulating them and displaying them in three-dimentionsal graphics
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Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM)
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IS that uses computers to design and control equipment in a manufacturing process
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Management Information Systems (MIS)
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Computer system that supports managers by providing information-reports, schedules, plans, and budgets-that can be used for making decisions
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Decision Support System (DDS)
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Interactive system that creates virtual business models for a particular king of decision and tests them with different data to see how they respond
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Hacker
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Cybercriminal who gains unauthorized access to a computer or network, either to steal information, money, or property or to tamper wth data.
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Identity Theft
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unauthorized use of personal information (such as Social Security number and address) to get loads, credit cards, or other monetary benefits by impersonating the victim
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Intellectual Property
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Something produced by the intellect or mind that has commercial value
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Spyware
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program unknowingly downloaded by users that monitors their computer actives, fathering email addresses, credit card numbers, and other information that it transmits to someone outside the host system
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Spam
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junk e-mail sent to a mailing list or a newsgroup
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Firewall
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Security system with special software or hardware devices designed to keep computers safe form hackers
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Anti-Virus Software
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product that protects systems by searching incoming emails and data files for "signatures" of know viruses and virus-like characteristics
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Encryption System
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software that assigns an e-mail message to a unique code number (digital fingerprint) for each computer so only that computer, not others, can open and read the message
