ISYS Final
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darinpierson on December 13, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Because computers don't speak human and humans don't speak in binary. | Why do we compile/interpret (need to translate) programming code? |
| The most efficient translation approach. | What is an compiling? |
| Mostly translated computer code made available to users for download. | What is bytecode? |
| Program error manifest after users begin using an application. | What is a runtime or logic error? |
| Used to translate Java applets. | What is the Java Virtual Machine? |
| Organizations which cannot adapt to the new demands placed on them for surviving in the information age are doomed to extinction. | What is Digital Darwinism? |
| Web-based tools that make it easy for users to add, remove, and change online content. | What is a Wiki? |
| A new way of doing things that initially does not meet the needs of current customers. | What is a disruptive technology? |
| Situation where not all groups or classes of people have equal opportunity to access the Internet. | What is the digital divide? |
| A set of economic, social, and technology trends that collectively form the basis for the next generation of the Internet | What is Web 2.0? |
| Phase of the systems development lifecycle where the business requirements are determined. | What is systems analysis? |
| Type of testing that examines if the new system will work with the retained elements of the old system. | What is integration testing? |
| Occurs when a new system is implemented one module at a time. | What is a phased conversion? |
| The most costly phase of the systems development lifecycle. | What is maintenance? |
| Employees often seen as the "bridge" between business and technology. | What are systems analysts? |
| The buying and selling of goods and services over the Internet | What is E-commerce? |
| E-business model for which E-bay is best known. | What is C2C? |
| A Web site or Web application that uses content from more than one source to create a completely new service | What is a Web mashup? |
| An Internet retailer that has no physical store, such as Expedia.com and Amazon.com. | What is a pure play business? |
| The first line of defense against security threats. | Who are individual users? |
| How often an individual chooses to back up their files. | What is frequency? |
| Technology used to prevent e-mails containing sensitive information from leaving an organization. | What is content filtering? |
| The use of high-level mathematical functions and computer algorithms to encode data. | What is encryption? |
| A type of virus that spreads itself not only from file to file, but also from computer to computer. | What is a worm? |
| An organization's key strength, a business function that it does better than any of its competitors. | What is a core competency? |
| Supports the capturing and use of an organization's "know-how". | What is a knowledge management system? |
| Knowledge-based organizational assets that cannot be codified, but rather exists in people's heads. | What is tacit knowledge? |
| Software that supports team interaction including calendaring, scheduling, and videoconferencing. | What is groupware? |
| Type of collaboration that includes document exchange, shared whiteboards, discussion forums, and e-mail. | What is unstructured or information collaboration? |
| Changing government regulations, problems in the current IS, changing business/industry, changing technology, among others. | What are factors that lead to system changes? |
| The overall process for developing information systems from planning and analysis through implementation and maintenance. | What is the systems development lifecycle? |
| Phase of the systems development lifecycle where screen layouts and database structure are devised. | What is Systems Design? |
| The process of determining if the costs of a new system are outweighed by the benefits of the system. | What is an economical feasibility analysis? |
| Phase of the systems development lifecycle where the project team is selected. | What is Planning? |
| E-Business model for which Amazon.com is most known. | What is B2C? |
| Provides individuals and other companies access to the Internet. | What is an internet service provider (ISP)? |
| The purchase of goods and services through a wireless Internet-enabled device. | What is mobile commerce? |
| An intranet that is available to strategic allies. | What is an extranet? |
| A set of methods aimed at improving the ranking of a Web site in search engine listings. | What is search engine optimization? |
| Forging someone's identity to commit fraud. | What is identity theft? |
| May use something a person knows, something a user has, or a physical characteristic of a person. | What is authentication? |
| Content filters, encryption, and firewalls. | What are prevention technologies? |
| The most common type of detection and prevention technology. | What is antivirus software? |
| A virus, worm, trojan horse, or spyware. | What is malicious code? |
| The best and most exciting major at BYU. | What is information systems? |
| Hackers that find hacking code on the Internet because they lack the expertise to hack on their own. | What is a script kiddie or script bunnie? |
| Errors associated with violations of the grammar of a programming language. | What are syntax errors? |
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