Acronyms and Definitions Flashcards
(102 cards)
Define System
A collection of elements that interact to achieve a common goal
Define Internet
Resources available for the public
Define Intranet
Resources available only for users or systems of a specific organization.
Define Computing
Any activity that uses a computer to manage, process, or share information
Define Computer Science?
Addresses the design and implementation of software with an emphasis on developing effective ways to solve computing problems and creating new ways to use computers.
Define Extranet
Makes resources available within the organization but it also makes that information available to other specific organizations or users such as third-party consultants.
Define computing
Any activity that uses a computer to manage, process, or share information.
Define Software Engineering
Large software systems are constructed across enterprises to meet business requirements and support business-critical activities
Define Information systems
Integrates solutions meant to meet organizational and business goals
Define Information Technology
Focuses more on the technology supporting systems in an organization rather than the information residing on them or being communicated with them.
Define Information
A collection of processed data from a variety of sources
Define Data
Raw facts and information
No Context
Define Knowledge
A dynamic combination of experience, values, contextual information, expert insight, and grounded intuition that provides an environment and framework for evaluating and incorporating new experiences and information.
Define wisdom?
Knowing the right thing to do.
What are big data and data science?
Take us from seeing and learning about the past and present to looking at the future and making predictions.
With data science we discover connections that we might not have imagined existed.
What is structured data?
Structured data is coded in a way that makes it easy to convert into a form usable for analysis
What is unstructured data
Refers to data that is more complex and possibly stored in a format that is not as easily decoded and structured data. It takes more time to parse through to retrieve essential information
What are information systems
Collections of data and information used to support decision making in organizations.
IaaS
Infrastructure as a Service
PaaS
Platform as a Service
Saas
Software as a Service
CRM
Customer Relationship Management (System)
IPO
Input-Process-Output
IPOS
Input-Process-Output-Storage
