SDSU - MIS 180 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT LATEST
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digital darwinism - ANSWER✔✔Implies that organizations which cannot adapt to
the new demands placed on them for surviving in the information age are doomed
to extinction
disruptive technology - ANSWER✔✔A new product that alters the marketplace
replacing the need for previous technologies (~ to Effectiveness vs. Efficiency)
sustaining technology - ANSWER✔✔Produces an improved product customers are
eager to buy
innovator's dilemma - ANSWER✔✔discusses how established companies can take
advantage of disruptive technologies without hindering existing relationships with
customers, partners, and stakeholders
internet - ANSWER✔✔a massive network that connects computers all over the
world and allows them to communicate with one another
the internet began as an emergency military communication system operated by -
ANSWER✔✔DARPA (Department of Defense)
protocol - ANSWER✔✔standards that specify the format of data as well as the
rules to be followed during transmission
,hypertext transport protocol - ANSWER✔✔The Internet protocol Web browsers
use to request and display Web pages using URL (Sir Tim Berners-Lee: 1990)
URL - ANSWER✔✔universal resource locator
world wide web (WWW) - ANSWER✔✔Provides access to Internet information
through documents including text, graphics, audio, and video files that use a
special formatting language called HTML
HTML - ANSWER✔✔hypertext markup language
web browser - ANSWER✔✔Allows users to access the WWW (Mosaic - Marc
Andressen: 1992)
reasons for growth of the WWW - ANSWER✔✔-Microcomputer revolution (IBM
PC: 1981)
-Advancements in networking
-Easy browser software
-Speed, convenience, and low cost of email
-Web pages easy to create and flexible
internet had impact on almost every industry including - ANSWER✔✔-Travel
-Entertainment
-Electronics
-Financial services
-Retail
, -Automobiles
-Education and training
web 1.0 - ANSWER✔✔A term to refer to the WWW during its first few years of
operation between 1991 and 2003
ecommerce - ANSWER✔✔Buying and selling of goods and services over the
Internet
ebusiness - ANSWER✔✔Includes ecommerce along with all activities related to
internal and external business operations
paradigm shift - ANSWER✔✔occurs when a new radical form of business enters
the market that reshapes the way companies and organizations behave
internet's impact on information - ANSWER✔✔-Easy to compile
-Increased richness
-Increased reach
-Improved content
internet's impact-easy to compile - ANSWER✔✔searching for information on
products, prices, customers, suppliers, and partners is faster and easier when using
the Internet.
internet's impact-increased richness - ANSWER✔✔refers to the depth and breadth
of information transferred between customers and business. Businesses and
customers can collect and track more detailed information when using the Internet
AND ANSWERS WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT LATEST
UPDATED 2025
digital darwinism - ANSWER✔✔Implies that organizations which cannot adapt to
the new demands placed on them for surviving in the information age are doomed
to extinction
disruptive technology - ANSWER✔✔A new product that alters the marketplace
replacing the need for previous technologies (~ to Effectiveness vs. Efficiency)
sustaining technology - ANSWER✔✔Produces an improved product customers are
eager to buy
innovator's dilemma - ANSWER✔✔discusses how established companies can take
advantage of disruptive technologies without hindering existing relationships with
customers, partners, and stakeholders
internet - ANSWER✔✔a massive network that connects computers all over the
world and allows them to communicate with one another
the internet began as an emergency military communication system operated by -
ANSWER✔✔DARPA (Department of Defense)
protocol - ANSWER✔✔standards that specify the format of data as well as the
rules to be followed during transmission
,hypertext transport protocol - ANSWER✔✔The Internet protocol Web browsers
use to request and display Web pages using URL (Sir Tim Berners-Lee: 1990)
URL - ANSWER✔✔universal resource locator
world wide web (WWW) - ANSWER✔✔Provides access to Internet information
through documents including text, graphics, audio, and video files that use a
special formatting language called HTML
HTML - ANSWER✔✔hypertext markup language
web browser - ANSWER✔✔Allows users to access the WWW (Mosaic - Marc
Andressen: 1992)
reasons for growth of the WWW - ANSWER✔✔-Microcomputer revolution (IBM
PC: 1981)
-Advancements in networking
-Easy browser software
-Speed, convenience, and low cost of email
-Web pages easy to create and flexible
internet had impact on almost every industry including - ANSWER✔✔-Travel
-Entertainment
-Electronics
-Financial services
-Retail
, -Automobiles
-Education and training
web 1.0 - ANSWER✔✔A term to refer to the WWW during its first few years of
operation between 1991 and 2003
ecommerce - ANSWER✔✔Buying and selling of goods and services over the
Internet
ebusiness - ANSWER✔✔Includes ecommerce along with all activities related to
internal and external business operations
paradigm shift - ANSWER✔✔occurs when a new radical form of business enters
the market that reshapes the way companies and organizations behave
internet's impact on information - ANSWER✔✔-Easy to compile
-Increased richness
-Increased reach
-Improved content
internet's impact-easy to compile - ANSWER✔✔searching for information on
products, prices, customers, suppliers, and partners is faster and easier when using
the Internet.
internet's impact-increased richness - ANSWER✔✔refers to the depth and breadth
of information transferred between customers and business. Businesses and
customers can collect and track more detailed information when using the Internet
