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- data
- raw figures and facts reflecting a single aspect of reality
- information
- data presented in a way or form that has meaning
- information technology
- refers to the resources used by an organization to manage information that it needs in order to carry out its mission
- accurate information
- provides a valid and reliable relection of reality
- complete information
- provides the manager with all the information he or she needs
- relevant information
- information that is useful to managers in their particular circumstances for their particular needs
- timely information
- available in time for appropriate managerial action
- knowledge workers
- specialists usually professionally trained and certified - engineers, scientists, information technology specialists, psychologists- who rely on information technology to design new products or create new business processes
- transaction processing system
- application of information processing for basic day to day business transactions
- management information system
- supports an organization's managers by providing daily reports, schedules, plans, and budgets
- decision support system
- an interactive system that locates and presents information needed to support the decision making process
- executive support system
- a quick reference easy access application of information systems specially designed for instant access by upperlevel managers
- artifical intelligence
- the construction of computer systems both hardware and software to imitate human behavior that is to perform physical tasks use thought processes and learn
- internet
- a gigantic network of networks serving millions of computers offering information on business, science, and government and providing communications flows among more than 170,000 seperate networks around the world
- internet service provider
- a commerical firm that maintains a permanaet connection to the net and sells temporary connections to subscribers
- world wide web
- a system with universally accepted standards for storing, retrieving, formatting and displaying information
- web browser
- the software that enables the user to access information on the web
- intranet
- a communications network similar to the internet but operating within the boundaries of a single organization
- extrant
- a communication network that allows selected outsider's limited access to an organization's internal information system or intranet
- firewall
- software and hardware system that allows employees access to both the internet and the company's internal computer network while barring access by outsiders