Chapter 14 Flashcards
How has the smartphone impact business?
Increased flow of ideas and improve knowledge exchange
Disruptive Innovation
Theory stating when a new market and value are created that disrupts an existing markets. They are usually cheaper and simpler and try to bring in new customers
Data and information
Data is raw facts and figures
Information is knowledge gained from those facts and figures
Information system
Organized methods for collecting, storing, and communicating information
Big data
Mass amounts of data available to companies
Four components of a computer-based information system
Computer hardware, software, network, database
Database
Centralized/integrated collection of data resources
Information
Management
Support given to help both function properly
Input device
Output device
Input is keyboard and mouse
Output is monitor and printer
Why are laptops and notebooks popular
Lighter, more powerful, improved displays, faster, more durable designs
Software
Basic working of computer systems and it tells the hardware what to do.
LAN
Computer network that connects machines within a limited area
Virtual network
Common type of computer network that consists of links that are not physical connections
Cloud Computing
Application software and databases for users to access via the web using anything from a PC to smart phone.
What are types of disasters to which information systems are vulnerable
Natural disasters, power failures, equipment malfunctions, software glitches, human error
