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Information system

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organized collection of people, information, business processes, and information technology, designed to transform inputs into outputs, in order to achieve a goal

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business value

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positive return on the investment of resources that is created through the effective and efficient integration of an organization’s people, information technology, and business processes

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hardware

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electronic and mechanical components you can see and touch

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software

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the set of instructions that direct the hardware

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network technology

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increases the power of IT by allowing the sharing of resources

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World Wide Web

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body of software and a set ofprotocols and conventions based on hypertext and multimedia that make the internet easy to use and browse

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Uniform Resource Locator (URL)

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a unique address for each page that indicates the location of a document or page

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Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)

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provides rules used by browsers and servers for formatting and transmitting messages over the web

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Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)

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provides a language for encoding the information so a variety of IT devices can display it

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E-commerce

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use of information systems, technologies, and computer networks to carry out transactions in order to create or support the creation of business value

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Cookie

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small bit of data stored on the client machine and passed back and forth between it and the Web server to identify the user

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Mass customization

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ability to create custom products or services on demand

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Personalization

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marketing message that business personalizes for each potential customer’s interests

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Encryption

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process of scrambling a message so that it is meaningful only to the person holding the key to deciphering it

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Key

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algorithm used to encode and decode messages

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organized collection of people, information, business processes, and information technology, designed to transform inputs into outputs, in order to achieve a goal

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Information system

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positive return on the investment of resources that is created through the effective and efficient integration of an organization’s people, information technology, and business processes

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business value

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electronic and mechanical components you can see and touch

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hardware

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the set of instructions that direct the hardware

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software

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increases the power of IT by allowing the sharing of resources

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network technology

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body of software and a set ofprotocols and conventions based on hypertext and multimedia that make the internet easy to use and browse

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World Wide Web

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a unique address for each page that indicates the location of a document or page

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Uniform Resource Locator (URL)

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provides rules used by browsers and servers for formatting and transmitting messages over the web

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Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)

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provides a language for encoding the information so a variety of IT devices can display it

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Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)

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use of information systems, technologies, and computer networks to carry out transactions in order to create or support the creation of business value

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E-commerce

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small bit of data stored on the client machine and passed back and forth between it and the Web server to identify the user

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Cookie

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ability to create custom products or services on demand

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Mass customization

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marketing message that business personalizes for each potential customer’s interests

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Personalization

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process of scrambling a message so that it is meaningful only to the person holding the key to deciphering it

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Encryption

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algorithm used to encode and decode messages

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Key

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converts a seemingly senseless character string into the original message

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Decryption

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one key is private the other is public

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Public key

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only the party using the key know what it is

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Private key

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two companies collaborate to form a trading relationship that is good for both companies

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One-to-One Business

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company is either a seller to many companies or a buyer from many companies

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Company-Centric Business

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general formula for how a business is going to use computer networks and information systems to compete in a global marketplace

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E-commerce strategy

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what it wants to do

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Conceptual strategy

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how it will do it

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Technology strategy

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traditional organizations with physical locations

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Bricks and mortar

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traditional organizations with physical locations that also operate an online business

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Bricks and clicks

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organizations with only an online business

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Pure plays

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organizations with only an online business

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Pure plays

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blend of functional and decentralized organizations that uses team

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Matrix organizations

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blend of functional and decentralized organizations that uses team

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Matrix organizations

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connected series of activities, each of which adds value or supports the addition of value to the firm’s goods and services

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Value chain

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directly related to the production and distribution of the organization’s products and services that create business value for the organization and its customers

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Primary activities

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value chain activities that an organization conducts to support the creation of business value

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Supporting Activities

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uses technology to perform tedious or repetitive tasks faster, cheaper, more consistently, and with greater accuracy

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Automating

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uses technology to perform tedious or repetitive tasks faster, cheaper, more consistently, and with greater accuracy

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Automating

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recognizing an existing automated process also creates new data and information

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Informating

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seeking to use IT to acquire or continue a competitive advantage over competitors

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Transforming

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links applications that use dissimilar software or hardware platforms and acts like specialized messenger/translator to manage the exchange of information

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Middleware

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consists of interrelated records that are stored in files for easy access of specific pieces of data

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Database

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consists of interrelated records that are stored in files for easy access of specific pieces of data

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Database

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collection of software that allows users to create and work with a database

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Database Management System (DBMS)

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collection of software that allows users to create and work with a database

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Database Management System (DBMS)

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a person, place, thing, transaction, or event about which information is stored

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Entity

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a person, place, thing, transaction, or event about which information is stored

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Entity

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consists of one or more fields

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Record

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consists of one or more fields

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Record

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fields or properties of an entity columns in each table contain the ___

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Attributes

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fields or properties of an entity columns in each table contain the ___

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Attributes

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fields that uniquely identify a given entity or record in a table

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Primary Key

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fields that uniquely identify a given entity or record in a table

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Primary Key

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an attribute in a table that references a primary key in a related table

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Foreign Key

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an attribute in a table that references a primary key in a related table

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Foreign Key

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way of storing and managing data for information access

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Data Warehouse

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way of storing and managing data for information access

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Data Warehouse

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process for gaining competitive advantage through the intelligent use of data and information in decision-making

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Business Intelligence

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process for gaining competitive advantage through the intelligent use of data and information in decision-making

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Business Intelligence

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the environment within the organization hopefully fosters ideas that use IS to improve is bottom line

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Pre-Inception

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the environment within the organization hopefully fosters ideas that use IS to improve is bottom line

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Pre-Inception

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organization has an idea to build an information system. focus is on understanding the problem and planning the project.

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Inception

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organization has an idea to build an information system. focus is on understanding the problem and planning the project.

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Inception

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systems team finalizes requirements for system and creates conceptual models of the systems

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Elaboration

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systems team finalizes requirements for system and creates conceptual models of the systems

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Elaboration

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team builds initial running system

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Construction

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team builds initial running system

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Construction

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team finalizes system and puts it in place. Final training of users and management completed.

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Transition

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team finalizes system and puts it in place. Final training of users and management completed.

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Transition

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After system is up and running, it must be monitored, maintained, and evaluated. system must be kept up to date

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Production

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After system is up and running, it must be monitored, maintained, and evaluated. system must be kept up to date

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Production

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system loses it value to company and must be replaced

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Retirement

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system loses it value to company and must be replaced

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Retirement

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provides a project team with structure to ensure that everyone is working towards the same project goals

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Methodology

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development team develops software in short development cycles, or increments

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Agile Development

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development team develops software in short development cycles, or increments

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Agile Development

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to recognize, address, and eliminate sources of risk before they become a threat to the successful completion of the project

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Risk Management

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to recognize, address, and eliminate sources of risk before they become a threat to the successful completion of the project

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Risk Management

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