IS CH 1 Vocab

Moore's Law

Processing speed doubles every two years

Information Systems literacy

a broader understanding of information systems, which encompasses an understanding of the management and organizational dimensions of systems as well as technical dimensions

Private Cloud

a cloud operated solely for an organization

World Wide Web

a service provided by the internet that uses universally accepted standards for storing, retrieving, formatting, and displaying information in a page format on the Internet

Information Systems

a set of interrelated components that collect or retrieve, process, store, and distribute information to support decision making and control in an organization

Information Technology

all hardware and software that a firm needs to use in order to achieve its business objectives

Digital Firm

all of the organization's significant business relationships with customers, suppliers, and employees are digitally enabled and mediated

Multicore Processor

an integrated circuit to which two or more processor cores have been attached for enhanced performance, reduce power consumption, and more efficient simultaneous processing of multiple tasks

Blade Servers

computers consisting of a circuit board with processors, memory, and network connections that are stored in racks

Storage Area Networks

connect multiple storage devices on a separate high-speed network dedicated to storage

Information

data that have been shaped into a form that is meaningful and useful to human beings

Business Model

how a company produces, delivers, and sells a product or service to create wealth

Intranet

internal corporate networks based on internet technology

Computer literacy

knowledge of information technology

Network

links 2 or more computers to share data or resources (internet is the largest)

Emerging Mobile Digital Platform

more business computing is moving from PCs and desktops to mobile devices. Managers are using them to coordinate work, communicate with employees, and provide information for decision making

Sociotechnical View

optimal organizational performance is achieved by jointly optimizing both the social and technical systems used in production

Public Cloud

owned and maintained by a cloud service provider

Networking and Telecommunications Technology

physical devices and software, links the various pieces of hardware and transfers data from one physical location to another

Green Computing

practices and technologies for designing, manufacturing, using, and disposing of computers to minimize the impact on the environment

Extranet

private intranets extended to authorize users outside the organization

Information Technology infrastructure

provides the foundation, or platform, on which the firm can build its specific information system

Data

streams of raw facts representing events occurring in organizations before they have been organized into a form people can use

Computer Software

the detailed, preprogrammed instructions that control and coordinate the computer hardware component of an information system

Computer Hardware

the physical equipment used for input, processing, and output activities in an information system

Virtualization

the process of presenting a set of computing resources so that they can all be accessed in ways that are not restricted by physical configuration or location

Business Processes

the set of logically related tasks and behaviors that organizations develop over time to produce specific business results and the unique manner these activities are organized and coordinated

Data Management Technology

the software governing the organization of data on physical storage media

Management Information Systems

tries to achieve broader information systems literacy

Nanotechnology

uses individual atoms and molecules to create computer chips and other devices that are thousands of times smaller than current technologies permit