MIS 200 - Exam 1 (Cottrell) |
Questions with Answers
Knowledge Worker - -A professional who is relatively well educated and who
creates, modifies, and/or synthesizes knowledge as a fundamental part of his
or her job.
- Network Effect - -The notion that the value of a network (or tool or
application based on a network) is dependent on the number of users.
- Internet of Things - -A network of a broad range of physical objects that
can automatically share data over the internet.
- Big Data - -Extremely large and complex data sets, typically characterized
as being of high volume, variety, and velocity.
- Digital Density - -The amount of connected data per unit of activity.
- Globalization - -The integration of economies throughout the world,
enabled by innovation and technological progress.
- Digital Divide - -The gap between those individuals in our society who are
computer literate and have access to information resources, such as the
internet, and those who do not.
- Data - -Raw symbols, such as characters and numbers, that have no
meaning in and of themselves, and are of little value until processed.
- Information - -Data that have been formatted and/or organized in some
way so as to be useful to people.
- Knowledge - -A body of governing procedure such as guidelines or rules
that are used to organize or manipulate data to make the data suitable for a
given task.
- Database of Intentions - -Can contain information about what people...
- want
- like
- purchase
- are interested in
- are doing
or...
- who they are
Questions with Answers
Knowledge Worker - -A professional who is relatively well educated and who
creates, modifies, and/or synthesizes knowledge as a fundamental part of his
or her job.
- Network Effect - -The notion that the value of a network (or tool or
application based on a network) is dependent on the number of users.
- Internet of Things - -A network of a broad range of physical objects that
can automatically share data over the internet.
- Big Data - -Extremely large and complex data sets, typically characterized
as being of high volume, variety, and velocity.
- Digital Density - -The amount of connected data per unit of activity.
- Globalization - -The integration of economies throughout the world,
enabled by innovation and technological progress.
- Digital Divide - -The gap between those individuals in our society who are
computer literate and have access to information resources, such as the
internet, and those who do not.
- Data - -Raw symbols, such as characters and numbers, that have no
meaning in and of themselves, and are of little value until processed.
- Information - -Data that have been formatted and/or organized in some
way so as to be useful to people.
- Knowledge - -A body of governing procedure such as guidelines or rules
that are used to organize or manipulate data to make the data suitable for a
given task.
- Database of Intentions - -Can contain information about what people...
- want
- like
- purchase
- are interested in
- are doing
or...
- who they are
