CIS Chp. 1
Terms
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- a computer program designed to support a specific task or business process
- application program (program)
- the executive in charge of the information systems department in an organization
- chief information officer (CIO)
- an information system that uses computer technology to perform some or all of its intended tasks
- computer-based information system (CBIS)
- a collection of related files, tables, relations, and so on that stores data and the associations among them
- database
- an elementary description of things, events, activities, and transactions that are recorded, classified, and stored but are not organized to convey any specific meaning
- data items
- information systems that provide computer-based support for complez, non-routine decisions, primarily for middle managers and knowledge workers
- decision support system (DSS)
- a type of interorganizational information system that enables organizations to conduct transactions with other businesses and with customers
- electronic commerce system
- systems that tightly integrate the functional area information systems via a common database
- enterprise resource planning systems (ERP)
- information systems that support the top managers of the organization by providing rapid access to timely information and direct access to structured information in the form of reports
- executive information systems (EIS)
- information systems that attempt to duplicate the work of human experts by applying reasoning capabilities, knowledge, and expertise within a specific domain
- expert systems (ES)
- information systems designed to summarize data and prepare reports for the functional areas, such as accounting and marketing
- functional area information systems (departmental information systems)
- a set of devices that together accept data and information, process them, and display them
- data that have been organized so that they have meaning and value to the recipient
- a process that collects, processes, stores, analyzes, and disseminates information for a specific purpose; most are computerized
- information system (IS)
- an organization's collection of information resources, the users of these resources, and the management that oversees these resources
- information technology (IT)
- a high-level map or plan of the information assets in an organization
- information technology architecture
- the physical facilities, IT components, IT services, and IT personell that support the entire organization
- information technology infrastructure
- information systems that connect two or more organizations
- interorganizational information systems (IOS)
- data and/or information that have been organized and processed to convey understanding, experience, accumulated learning, and expertise as they apply to a current problem or activity
- knowledge
- professional employees who are experts in a particular subject area and create information and knowledge
- knowledge workers
- information systems that summarize data and prepare reports, primarily for middle managers, but sometimes for lower-level managers as well
- management information systems (MIS)
- a connecting system that permits different computers to share information
- network
- information systems that typically support the clerical staff, lower and middle managers, and knowledge managers
- office automation systems (OAS)
- those individuals who use the hardware and software, interface with it, or use its output
- people
- the set of instructions about how to combine components of information systems in order to process information and generate the desired output
- procedures
- a set of programs that enables the hardware to process data
- software
- the flow of materials, information, money, and services from raw material suppliers through factories and warehouses to the end customers
- supply chain
- an information system that supports the monitoring, collection, storage, processing, and dissemination of data from the orgranization's basic business transactions
- transaction processing system