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MBA 703 HISTORY: KEY TERMS & DEFINITIONS FOR
STUDY EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED GRADED A++
Terms in this set (153)
Five major components of Hardware, Software, data, people, and processess
a information system
Technology components Hardware, Software, data
Hardware tangible, physical portion of an information system -
the part you can touch.
Software comprises the set of instructions that tell the
hardware what to do. Software is not tangible -
it cannot be touched.
Two main categories of Operating systems and Application software
software
Operating Systems software provides the interface between the hardware
and the Application software
An information system can exist without the ability to
communicate - the first
communication personal computers were stand-alone machines
component that did not access the Internet. However, in
today's hyper-connected world, it is an
extremely rare computer that does not
connect to another device or to an e-network.
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Communication is made up of hardware and
software
people From the front-line user support staff, to
systems analysts, to developers, all the way up
to the chief information officer (CIO)
process is a series of steps undertaken to achieve a desired
outcome or goal.
"business process re-engineering," "business
Technology buzzwords process management," and "enterprise
resource planning" all have to do with the
continued improvement of these business
procedures and the integration of
technology with them
Time-sharing allowed dozens or even hundreds of users to
simultaneously access mainframe computers
from locations in the same building or miles
away.
Manufacturing Resources In late 1960s, This software, running on a
Planning (MRP) mainframe computer, gave companies the ability
to manage the manufacturing process, making
it more efficient
first microcomputer in 1975, was announced on the cover of Popular
Mechanics: the Altair 8800
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MBA 703 HISTORY: KEY TERMS & DEFINITIONS FOR
STUDY EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED GRADED A++
Terms in this set (153)
Five major components of Hardware, Software, data, people, and processess
a information system
Technology components Hardware, Software, data
Hardware tangible, physical portion of an information system -
the part you can touch.
Software comprises the set of instructions that tell the
hardware what to do. Software is not tangible -
it cannot be touched.
Two main categories of Operating systems and Application software
software
Operating Systems software provides the interface between the hardware
and the Application software
An information system can exist without the ability to
communicate - the first
communication personal computers were stand-alone machines
component that did not access the Internet. However, in
today's hyper-connected world, it is an
extremely rare computer that does not
connect to another device or to an e-network.
1/
10
, 7/4/25, 9:43
PM
Communication is made up of hardware and
software
people From the front-line user support staff, to
systems analysts, to developers, all the way up
to the chief information officer (CIO)
process is a series of steps undertaken to achieve a desired
outcome or goal.
"business process re-engineering," "business
Technology buzzwords process management," and "enterprise
resource planning" all have to do with the
continued improvement of these business
procedures and the integration of
technology with them
Time-sharing allowed dozens or even hundreds of users to
simultaneously access mainframe computers
from locations in the same building or miles
away.
Manufacturing Resources In late 1960s, This software, running on a
Planning (MRP) mainframe computer, gave companies the ability
to manage the manufacturing process, making
it more efficient
first microcomputer in 1975, was announced on the cover of Popular
Mechanics: the Altair 8800
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