Why Info Systems Matter Flashcards
What is IT?
Hardware and Software
What are components of IT Hardware?
1) Clients
2) Servers
3) Network Components
What are components of IT Software?
1) OS
2) Applications
3) Services
Programs that run into hardware?
Software
What kind of hardware that has the role of consuming services? Examples of these are phones & laptops
Clients
These are specialized computers;
Role is to provide service and are an important part of IT in business perspective
Servers
wireless access point;
used to connect clients with serves
network components
this makes hardware smart enough to do things;
allows you to run specific applications (e.g., word, excel)
Operating System
It has a user interface;
written for specific system
Applications
Don’t have user interface; software that runs on the back of OS/ does job on the background
Services
__________ can be used in multiple contexts such as
1) hardware/physical
2) OS instance
3) application/service
Server
It automates business processes as much as possible
Information systems
a set of interrelated components that interact to produce info; collect, process, store, retrieve, and distribute data
Information Systems
What are components of Information Systems (IS)?
1) hardware
2) software
3) data
4) procedures (accounting system)/processes
5) people
a series of activities, tasks, or steps designed to produce a product or service
business processes
