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IS Unit 1 Flashcards

1
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Are playing vital and expanding roles in business.

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Information technologies, including Internet-based information systems.

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Can help all kinds of businesses improvement.

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Information technology

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Interconnected set of components used to collect, store, process and transmit.

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INFORMATION SYSTEM

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Major functional areas where Information System is applied.

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  1. accounting
  2. human resource
  3. operations management
  4. finance
  5. marketing
  6. business
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At its core, it is a collection of hardware, software, data, people and processes that work together to transform raw data into useful information.

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INFORMATION SYSTEM

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Major concepts, developments, and management issues in information.

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Information Technology

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MAJOR AREAS OF
INFORMATION SYSTEM

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  1. Foundation Concepts
  2. Information Technology
  3. business Applications
  4. Development Processes
  5. management Challenges
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8
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The major uses of information systems for the operations, management, and competitive advantage of a business.

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Business Applications

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9
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How business professionals and information specialists plan, develop, and
implement information systems to meet business opportunities.

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Development Processes

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10
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The challenges of effectively and ethically managing information technology at
the end-user, enterprise, and global levels of a business.

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Management Challenges

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THE FUNDAMENTAL ROLES IN BUSINESS

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  1. Support of strategies for competitive
    advantage.
  2. Support of decision making by employees
    and managers.
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12
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Can be more generally considered an online exchange of value.

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e-business

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13
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Internet-like networks - those inside the enterprise

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Intranet

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Have become the primary information technology infrastructure that supports the e-business applications of many companies.

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The Internet and Internet-like networks - those inside the enterprise (intranet) and
between an enterprise and its trading

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Internet-like networks - those inside the enterprise

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Intranet

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Internet-like networks - those between an enterprise and its trading partners

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Extranet

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17
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THESE COMPANIES RELY ON E-BUSINESS APPLICATIONS TO…

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a. Reengineer internal business processes,
b. Implement e-commerce systems with their customers and suppliers, and
c. Promote enterprise collaboration among business teams and workgroups.

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18
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Types of IS

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  1. Operations Support System
  2. Management Support System
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19
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Produce a variety of information products for internal and external use; however, they do not emphasize the specific information products that can best be used by

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Operations Support System

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20
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Process data resulting from business transactions, update operational databases, and produce business documents.

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Transaction Processing Systems

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21
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Monitor and control Industrial processes.

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Process Control Systems

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22
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Support team, workgroup, and enterprise communications and collaborations.

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ENTERPRISE COLLABORATION SYSTEMS

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23
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Specialized processing systems which are under both operation and management support system

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expert system
knowledge management system strategic Information system functional business system

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24
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When information system applications focus on providing information and support for effective decision making by managers.

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MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SYSTEMS

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25
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Systems under operations support system.

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TRANSACTION PROCESSING SYSTEMS
PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEMS ENTERPRISE COLLABORATION SYSTEMS

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26
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Systems under management support system

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management Information SYSTEMS DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS
EXECUTIVE Information SYSTEMS

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27
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Provide information in the form of pre-specified reports and displays to support.

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MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS

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28
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Provide interactive ad hoc support for the
decision-making processes of managers and other business professionals

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DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS

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29
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Provide critical information from MIS,
DSS, and other sources tailored to the information needs of executives.

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EXECUTIVE INFORMATION SYSTEMS

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30
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Knowledge-based systems that provide expert advice and act as expert consultants to users.

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EXPERT SYSTEMS

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31
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Knowledge-based systems that support the creations, organization, and dissemination of business knowledge within the enterprise.

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KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

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32
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Support a variety of operational and managerial applications of the basic business functions of a company.

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FUNCTIONAL BUSINESS SYSTEMS

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33
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Support operations or management processes that provide a firm with strategic products, services, and capabilities for competitive advantage.

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STRATEGIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS

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34
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The success of an information system should be measured by.

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  • TECHNOLOGY
  • APPLICATION
  • DEVELOPMENT
  • MANAGEMENT
35
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Computer networks are systems of information processing components that use a variety of hardware, software, data management, and telecommunications.

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TECHNOLOGY

36
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E-business and e-commerce applications involve interconnected business.

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APPLICATIONS

37
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Developing ways to use information technology in business includes designing the basic components of information systems.

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DEVELOPMENT

38
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Managing information technology emphasizes the quality, strategic business value, and security of an organization’s information systems.

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MANAGEMENT

39
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Are systems of information processing components that use a variety of hardware, software, data management, and telecommunications network.

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Computer networks

40
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Applications involve interconnected business information systems.

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E-business and e-commerce

41
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emphasizes the quality, strategic business value, and security of an organizations.

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Managing information technology

42
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A _______ is defined as a set of interrelated components, with a clearly defined boundary, working together to achieve a common set of objectives by accepting inputs and producing outputs in an organized transformation process.

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system

43
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Systems have three basic functions:

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Input
Process
Output

44
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Involves capturing and assembling elements that enter the system to be processed.

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Input

45
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Involves transformation processes that convert input into output.

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Processing

46
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Involves transferring elements that have been produced by a transformation process to their ultimate destination.

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Output

47
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A self-monitoring, self-regulating system.

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CYBERNETIC SYSTEM

48
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The system concept becomes even more useful by including two additional.

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feedback and control

49
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A system with feedback and control functions is sometimes called a.

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CYBERNETIC SYSTEM

50
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Is a data about the performance of a system?

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Feedback

51
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Involves monitoring and evaluating feedback to determine whether a system is moving toward the achievement of its goal.

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Control

51
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ToF. Most system exists in a vacuum.

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FALSE

52
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It’s inspired by how living organisms and machines can adjust and control their actions based on information they receive about their performance.

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Cybernetic System

53
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ToF. System exists and functions in an environment containing other systems.

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TRUE

54
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ToF. Several systems may share the same environment.

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TRUE

55
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If a system is one of the components of a larger system, it is a _________, and the larger
system is its ____________.

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subsystem, environment

56
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A system that has the ability to change itself or its environment to survive is an.

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Adaptive System

57
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Information systems are made up of interrelated components:

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People, hardware, software, peripherals,
and networks.

57
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ToF. Information systems make extensive use of feedback and control to improve.

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TRUE

58
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They have clearly defined boundaries:

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Functions, modules, type of application,
department, or end-user group.

59
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All the interrelated components work together to achieve a common goal by accepting inputs and producing outputs in an organized transformation process:

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Using raw materials, hiring new people,
manufacturing products for sale and disseminating information to others.

60
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Information system consists of five major resources:

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PEOPLE
SOFTWARE
HARDWARE
DATA
NETWORKS

61
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are the essential ingredient for the successful operation of all information systems.

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People

62
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People resources include ….

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End users and IS specialists.

63
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People who use an information system or the information it produces.

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End users (also called users or clients)

64
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Are people who develop and operate information systems.

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IS specialists

65
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Includes all physical devices and materials used in information processing.

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HARDWARE RESOURCES

66
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EXAMPLE OF HARDWARE RESOURCES

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a. Computer systems
b. Computer peripherals

67
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Are the lifeblood of today’s organizations, and the effective and efficient management of it is considered an integral part of organizational strategy.

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Data or Data Resource

67
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Includes all sets of information processing instructions.

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SOFTWARE RESOURCES

68
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The following are examples of software resources:

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a. System software
b. Application software
c. Procedures

69
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Data can take many forms:

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a. Alphanumeric data
b. Text data
c. Image data
d. Audio data

70
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Raw facts or observations, typically about physical phenomena or business.

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Data

71
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Data that have been converted into a meaningful and useful context for specific.

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Information

72
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Emphasizes that communications technologies and networks are fundamental resource components of all information systems.

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Network Resources

73
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Network sources include…

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Communications media
Network Infrastructure

74
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Refers to the physical or virtual channels through which information is.

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Communications media

75
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Refers to the hardware and software that enable network connectivity and communication between users, devices, apps, internet and etc.

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Network Infrastructure

76
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INFORMATION SYSTEM ACTIVITIES

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  1. INPUT OF DATA RESOURCES
  2. PROCESSING OF DATA INTO INFORMATION
  3. OUTPUT OF INFORMATION PRODUCTS
  4. STORAGE OF DATA RESOURCES
77
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_______is the information system activity in which data are retained in an organized.

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Storage

78
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Data are typically subjected to processing activities, such as calculating, comparing, sorting, classifying, and summarizing.

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PROCESSING OF DATA INTO INFORMATION

79
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Data about business transactions and other events must be captured and prepared for processing by the input activity.

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INPUT OF DATA RESOURCES

80
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Storage is the information system activity in which data are retained in an organized manner for later use.

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STORAGE OF DATA RESOURCES

80
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Information in various forms is transmitted to end users and made available to them in the output activity.

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OUTPUT OF INFORMATION PRODUCTS

81
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An information system should produce feedback about its input, processing, output, and storage activities.

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CONTROL OF SYSTEM PERFORMANCE

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