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IDS 180
Ch.1 Terms
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Data Items | An elementary description of things, events, activities, and transactions that are recorded, classified, and stored but are not organized to convey any specific meaning |
Information | Data that have been organized so that they have meaning and value to the recipient |
Knowledge | 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 |
Information Technology (IT) Architecture | A high-level map or plan of the information assets in an organization |
Information Technology (IT) Infrastructure | The physical facilities, IT components, IT services, and IT personnel that support the entire organization |
Globalization | The integration and interdependence of economic, social, cultural, and ecological facets of life, enabled by rapid advances in information technology |
Customer Relationship Management | An enterprise wide effort to acquire and retain customers, often supported by IT |
Organizational Social Responsibility | Efforts by organizations to solve various social problems |
Digital Divide | The gap between those who have access to information and communications technology and those show do not |
Cybercafe | Public places in which Internet terminals are available, usually for a small fee |
Make-to-order | The strategy of producing customized products and services |
Mass Customization | A production process in which items are produced in large quantities but are customized to fit the desires of each customer |
Platform | The hardware, software, and communications components that organizations use of process and manage information |
Information Technology | Technology that relates to any computer-based tool that people use to work with information and support the information and information processing needs of an organization |
Management Information Systems | Systems that deal with the planning for, development, management, and use of information technology tools to help people perform all tasks related to information processing and management |