Business intelligence (BI) Correct Answer provides historical, current, and predictive views of business operations and environments and gives organizations a competitive advantage in the marketplace.
Computer literacy Correct Answer is skill in using productivity software, such as word processors, spreadsheets, database management systems, and presentation software, as well as having a basic knowledge of hardware and software, the Internet, and collaboration tools and technologies.
Data Correct Answer consists of raw facts and is a component of an information system.
Database Correct Answer is a collection of all relevant data organized in a series of integrated files.
Five Forces Model Correct Answer analyzes an organization, its position in the marketplace, and how information systems could be used to make it more competitive. The five forces include buyer power, supplier power, threat of substitute products or services, threat of new entrants, and rivalry among existing competitors.
Information Correct Answer consists of facts that have been analyzed by the process component and is an output of an information system.
Information literacy Correct Answer is understanding the role of information in generating and using business intelligence.
Information technologies Correct Answer support information systems and use the Internet, computer networks, database systems, POS systems, and radio-frequency-
identification (RFID) tags.
management information system (MIS) Correct Answer is an organized integration of hardware and software technologies, data, processes, and human elements designed to produce timely, integrated, relevant, accurate, and useful information for decision-
making purposes.
Process Correct Answer component of an information system generates the most useful
type of information for decision making, including transaction-processing reports and models for decision analysis. Transaction-processing systems (TPS) Correct Answer focus on data collection and processing; the major reason for using them is cost reduction.
Application software Correct Answer can be commercial software or software developed
in house and is used to perform a variety of tasks on a personal computer.
arithmetic logic unit (ALU) Correct Answer performs arithmetic operations (+, , *, /) as well as comparison or relational operations (<, >, =); the latter are used to compare numbers.
Assembly language Correct Answer the second generation of computer languages, is a higher-level language than machine language but is also machine dependent. It uses a series of short codes, or mnemonics, to represent data or instructions.
Bus Correct Answer a link between devices connected to the computer. It can be parallel or serial, internal (local) or external.
Cache RAM Correct Answer resides on the processor. Because memory access from main RAM storage takes several clock cycles (a few nanoseconds), cache RAM stores recently accessed memory so the processor is not waiting for the memory transfer.
central processing unit (CPU) Correct Answer the heart of a computer. It is divided into two components: the arithmetic logic unit (ALU) and the control unit.
Computer Correct Answer a machine that accepts data as input, processes data without
¬human intervention by using stored instructions, and outputs information.
control unit Correct Answer tells the computer what to do, such as instructing the computer which device to read or send output to
CPU case Correct Answer also known as a computer chassis or tower. It is the enclosure containing the computer's main components
disk drive Correct Answer a peripheral device for recording, storing, and retrieving information
Fifth-generation languages (5GLs) Correct Answer use some of the artificial intelligence
technologies, such as knowledge-based systems, natural language processing (NLP), visual programming, and a graphical approach to programming. These languages are designed to facilitate natural conversations between you and the computer.
Fourth-generation languages (4GLs) Correct Answer use macro codes that can take the
place of several lines of programming. The commands are powerful and easy to learn, even for people with little computer training.