Section 7: Information Technology Flashcards
Management Information Systems (MIS)
An organized assembly of resources and procedures required to collect, process, and distribute data for use in decision making
Decision Support System (DSS)
An interactive system that provides the user with easy access to decision models and data to support semi-structured decision-making tasks
Expert System
A computer system set up by humans that provides recommendations to solve a problem
Executive Support Information System
Systems designed specifically to support executive work
Analytical Processing System
Software technology that enables the user to query the system, retrieve data and conduct analysis.
Online Transaction Processing (OLTP)
Database is updated as soon as a transition is received (immediately)
Batch Processing
Gathering information and then entering transactions in a group to the computer periodically
Local Area Networks (LAN)
Communications networks that serve several users in an area
Wide Area Networks (WAN)
Computers networks that range from short areas (building) to large areas (region)
Value-Added Network (VAN)
Links computer files of different companies together
Topography
Refers to the shape the network
Bus, Star, Ring, Tree, Mesh
COBIT 5
- Metting Stakeholder’s needs
- End-to-end application
- Development of a single integrated framework
- Enabling a holistic approach
- Separating governance from management
