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6, 7, 8 Flashcards

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analytical information

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Encompasses all organizational information, and its primary purpose is to support the performing of managerial analysis tasks.

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attribute

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Characteristics or properties of an entity class.

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backward integration

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Takes information entered into a given system and sends it automatically to all upstream systems and processes.

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business intelligence dashboard

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Tracks corporate metrics such as critical success factors and key performance indicators and includes advanced capabilities such as interactive controls, allowing users to manipulate data for analysis.

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business-critical integrity constraint

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Enforces business rules vital to an organization’s success and often requires more insight and knowledge than relational integrity constraints.

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6
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business rule

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Defines how a company performs a certain aspect of its business and typically results in either a yes/no or true/false answer.

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content creator

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The person responsible for creating the original website content.

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cube

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The common term for the representation of multidimensional information.

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content editor

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The person responsible for updating and maintaining website content.

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database

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Maintains information about various types of objects (inventory), events (transactions), people (employees), and places (warehouses).

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database management system (DBMS)

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Software through which users and application programs interact with a database.

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data dictionary

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Compiles all of the metadata about the data elements in the data model.

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data-driven website

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An interactive website kept constantly updated and relevant to the needs of its customers through the use of a database.

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data element (or data field)

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The smallest or basic unit of information.

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data governance

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Refers to the overall management of the availability, usability, integrity, and security of company data.

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data model

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A formal way to express data relationships to a database management system (DBMS).

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data mart

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Contains a subset of data warehouse information.

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data mining

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The process of analyzing data to extract information not offered by the raw data alone.

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data-mining tool

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Uses a variety of techniques to find patterns and relationships in large volumes of information and infer rules from them that predict future behavior and guide decision making.

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data visualization

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Describes technologies that allow users to “see” or visualize data to transform information into a business perspective.

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data visualization tools

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Moves beyond Excel graphs and charts into sophisticated analysis techniques such as pie charts, controls, instruments, maps, time-series graphs, etc.

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data warehouse

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A logical collection of information—gathered from many different operational databases—that supports business analysis activities and decision-making tasks.

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dynamic catalog

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An area of a website that stores information about products in a database.

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dynamic information

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Includes data that change based on user actions.

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entity

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In the relational database model, a person, place, thing, transaction, or event about which information is stored.

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extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL)

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A process that extracts information from internal and external databases, transforms the information using a common set of enterprise definitions, and loads the information into a data warehouse.

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foreign key

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A primary key of one table that appears as an attribute in another table and acts to provide a logical relationship between the two tables.

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forward integration

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Takes information entered into a given system and sends it automatically to all downstream systems and processes.

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informing

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Accessing large amounts of data from different management information systems.

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information cleansing or scrubbing

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A process that weeds out and fixes or discards inconsistent, incorrect, or incomplete information.

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information granularity

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Refers to the extent of detail within the information (fine and detailed or “coarse” and abstract information).

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information inconsistency

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Occurs when the same data element has different values.

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information integrity

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A measure of the quality of information.

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information redundancy

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The duplication of data, or the storage of the same data in multiple places.
(see: Information integrity issues, 87)

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information redundancy

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The duplication of data, or the storage of the same data in multiple places.

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infographics (information graphics)

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Displays information graphically so it can be easily understood.

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integration

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Allows separate systems to communicate directly with each other.

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integrity constraint

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The rules that help ensure the quality of information.

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logical view of information

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Focuses on how users logically access information to meet their particular business needs.

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metadata

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Details about data.

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physical view of information

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The physical storage of information on a storage device such as a hard disk.

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primary key

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A field (or group of fields) that uniquely identifies a given entity in a table.

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query-by-example (QBE) tool

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Helps users graphically design the answer to a question against a database.

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real-time information

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Immediate, up-to-date information.

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real-time system

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Provides real-time information in response to query requests.

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record

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A collection of related data elements.

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relational database management system

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Allows users to create, read, update, and delete data in a relational database.

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relational database model

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A type of database that stores information in the form of logically related two-dimensional tables.

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relational integrity constraint

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The rules that enforce basic and fundamental information-based constraints.

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transactional information

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Encompasses all of the information contained within a single business process or unit of work, and its primary purpose is to support the performing of daily operational tasks.

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static information

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Includes fixed data that are not capable of change in the event of a user action.

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structured query language

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Users write lines of code to answer questions against a database.

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